President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday spoke on why the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) decided not to use the military to overrun opposition states in the 2019 general election.
He said his government decided to be impartial and humane to the opposition, Mr Buhari made the disclosure during a meeting with north-east governors.
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors namely Ahmadu Fintri (Adamawa), Bala Mohammed (Bauchi) and Darius Ishaku (Taraba) also attended the meeting.
“It is true that we lost some states as a ruling party in a developing country, which is normal. I am proud of that because we are impartial, that is why as ruling party, we lost some states. That means we have our own mistakes,” he said.
“Some of those that defeated us are sitting here. We know we are a developing country but we respect our country, otherwise, with the use of Army, the police and the rest of them, we could have overrun you. We just wanted to show that we are humane and we are Nigerians. We will continue to do our best.”
Mr Buhari stated that ahead of the 2019 election the party went round Nigeria “apologising for not doing better, but we are doing our best. I think Nigerians believe us”.
“Nigerians, we thank God, understood us and they voted for us,” he said.
source https://www.naijanews.com/2020/08/11/why-apc-didnt-use-military-to-overrun-2019-general-elections-buhari/
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