President Goodluck Jonathan’s tenure has been marred by insecurity, with the Islamist sect group Boko Haram wreaking serious havoc in Nigeria’s North-east.
The lingering problem of insecurity will however be over if the All Progressives Congress (APC) is voted into Aso Rock come 2015, according to former Head of State and Leader of the party Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.
Speaking on a current affairs programme on Liberty Radio, Kaduna on Monday, Buhari said the party would wipe out the insecurity bedeviling the nation. He also said the party was determined to improve the economic status of Nigerians.
“ Like I have said, we have to properly secure and manage this country.
“You cannot deny citizens their rights to express their own opinion and allow some people to brazenly threaten the corporate existence of the country.
“ And instead of inviting them and asking them to explain themselves to the nation, they are given a ride in Presidential jets, when others do it, you go and lock them up or you harass them. That is not the way to do things.
“ There is also this problem of insecurity in the land, both physical and material which the All Progressive Congress is about to wipe out, God willing.”
Buhari, who stressed the need for the entrentchment of proper democratic system in the country said, “ All we are fighting for is to have proper democracy.
“What I mean is that whatever people say, whether they reflect briefly on it or not, Nigerians are now well aware of their rights and what they expect from government.
“ In APC, we have reduced it to two, your security and sound economic management.
“We have to secure this country and manage it properly. I think people have suffered enough, they are now prepared to listen and I believe they are listening and are cooperating.”
The former head of state said Nigerians were also interested in having free and fair elections, which he noted was key to multi-party democracy.
“We went to court before now to make sure that this multi-party democracy takes firm root in the country.
“Our objective as a party is to ensure that the system will be strong enough to guarantee security and prosperity for this country,” he said.
