The Presidential Candidate of Congress for Political Change (CPC), Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s adminisration has refused to allow Nigerians to enjoy true democratic system of government.
Buhari, who described the current mode of democracy in the country as “nonsense”, said the country cannot be said to be practising true democracy when elections are neither free nor fair, votes are wantonly stolen and people are killed with impunity.
The former Military Head of State who spoke at the first CPC Renewal Committee Stakeholders forum in Abuja, said there is need for unity of purpose by party members ahead of the 2015 elections with a view to defeating the ruling PDP.
He confirmed that his party has now decided to mobilise its members nationwide to “make it very unattractive for Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials or other law enforcement agencies to cooperate with whoever wants to rig election.”
He urged CPC members to rise up to this challenge for the sake of their children and grandchildren.
He decried the level of insecurity in the country and blamed the federal authorities for shirking its responsibility on security.
According to him, “I said I believe in this system. In 1991 nobody lectured me to become a democrat but when the Soviet Union collapsed then I came to the conclusion that democratic system is the best.
“Elections must be free and fair otherwise it is nonsense. So we are doing nonsense in Nigeria. Nigeria is practising nonsense democracy. I do not know when it will stop. If CPC is the only threat to PDP, of course, PDP will do anything to destroy CPC. So it is up to CPC to maintain political integrity.
“Votes are stolen; people are beaten up and houses burnt and some of them killed. Where ever you go one day you will come back home which is Nigeria. So we must join hands to stabilize the country for sustainable development.
“Movement in Nigeria now is so dangerous. In fact, I wonder if the insurance companies are still agreeing to insure lives, because if the Federal Government cannot pay some departments and so on and if the pension funds are not available, I think people should be very careful.”
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