Kano State governor and presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso says President Goodluck Jonathan is incapable of tackling the problems of insecurity and corruption.
He spoke at the weekend at a fund raising dinner held in pursuit of his presidential ambition where about N2 billion was raised.
Friends, family members, political associates, well wishers and many other Nigerians graced the fund raising ceremony at Sheraton Hotel in Abuja on Saturday night.
In his speech, Kwankwaso said, “I always feel terribly bad as a member of the extended family of the military in this country that today we cannot protect ourselves. I always remember those days when our military was in Liberia, Sierria Leone, Dafur and other parts of Africa.
“These were soldiers that did extremely well by even the world standard. Those days, we were not even talking of protecting ourselves. We were protecting others on this continent.
“Many years before then, this country had the capacity to support other African countries to even remove them out of apartheid and other serious issues.
“But today, we have seen a situation where countries that were coming to beg for one thing or the other are those we are begging to help us protect our lives and properties.”
“I believe that this mess will certainly stop by the Grace of God in 2015 when we have the right Commander-in-Chief of the Armed forces.
“All of us here are very much aware of what is happening in this country. Today, as we are sitting, we have thousands of Nigerians in Chad Republic, in Cameroon and in Niger as refugees.
“We also have about 4 million people that are internally displaced. These are to some extent, the lucky ones because so many innocent people are being killed in this country. And this is a very sad development for all of us.
“Most people normally forget that north east is certainly part of us. Those people are our brothers and sisters. Of course not only in the north east, the crisis is all over the north and even in some parts of the south especially the issue of kidnapping and armed robbery.
“The issue of security anywhere in the world is key. Any government at all levels that cannot protect its people and their properties, that government has no business even staying talk less of looking for reelection.”
The aspirant for Wednesday’s APC primaries added that Nigeria needed a strong, politically-willed President to surmount the insecurity challenges.
“What we are lacking in my opinion is a Commander-in-Chief who has the capacity and political will to stop what is happening today in this country.
“I want to assure you that as somebody who has been very conversant with the security of this country, I have no doubt in my mind that Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso will be the right person to handle the security challenges.
“Of course, in any society, any country that has similar security issues especially coupled with corruption, nothing would work and that is why today, so many things have gone wrong in this country and as members of APC and even people outside our party.
“Our prayer is that the right candidate should be elected on December 10, 2015 in Lagos so that they can cross over to vote the right candidates because everybody is seek and tired of what is happening today in Nigeria.”
He appreciated donors, assuring them of using the funds for the purpose they were given.
“I was so happy when the Master of Ceremony was announcing the donations. Let me particularly thank the gentleman who donated N100.
“Let me also thank all those who donated various amounts of money and assure them that this money that has been donated today by the Grace of God, we will use it judiciously for the purpose for which it was donated.
“Let me also at this point appeal to all of you and through you the good people of this country to support this project not only by donating money but also praying for the project to succeed during the primary and secondary elections that are coming very soon
“In addition to money, we also want you to identify with as many delegates as possible to talk to them so that when they go to Lagos, they can do the right thing. That right thing is to vote for Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso”.
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