President Muhammadu Buhari has said the split within the Ohanaeze
Ndigbo socio-cultural group over the endorsement of the presidential
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, did not
surprise him.
Speaking at a meeting with a select group of South-East leaders on
Friday, Buhari said the moment the resolution was announced, he got
calls from well-meaning leaders from the region asking him to disregard
it as it was without any substance.
“From that moment, I knew that the resolution would not stand, and alas, there it was,” he said.
Buhari also stated that the All Progressives Congress (APC), got it
right from the very beginning, that the major problems facing the
country were mainly on security, corruption and the economy.
“We have done so much. Given the chance, we will do more. Given every
chance, we will tell Nigerians where we were in 2015 and what we have
achieved up to now.
“We will not get tired of speaking about the golden opportunity
Nigeria lost during 16 years of the PDP. We earned money, which we
didn’t use.
“The state of infrastructure we inherited was terrible – no roads,
the railway was killed and power. They lacked conscience because anybody
with conscience will not do what they did. We will report them to
Nigerians. Let anybody lead this country but not the PDP. They were so
reckless with the resources of the country.
“If you ruin the economy, send your children abroad to get education,
won’t they come back? I said it 30 years ago that this is the only
country we have. We must stay here and salvage it together,” he added.