The presidential candidate of the
Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN, Oby Ezekwesili has said that the
presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar,
made his “unexplainable wealth” from Nigeria’s commonwealth.
Ezekwesili said this yesterday
while delivering her state of the campaign speech titled, ‘To those who say we
cannot win: Unveiling the Oby Ezekwesili Roadmap to 2019.’
The former Education and Solid
Minerals minister urged Nigerians to vote for individuals with competence,
capacity, and character while warning them not to fall for the ‘Anything but Buhari’
mantra which has got the country nowhere.
In her speech, Ezekwesili quoted
a portion of US investigators’ report, which alleged that Abubakar’s income
were proceeds of corrupt practices while within and around government.
“And these are the people you
want to put in charge of the national treasury? In charge of the money for your
children’s education? Of the resources for our country’s hospitals? Of the
budget for our depleted army and our impoverished police force?” she asked
rhetorically.
“If we dive into all the filthy
issues involving the PDP candidate – from the PTDF saga to the $2.8 million
Siemens bribery scandal – we may spend the entire day here today and I simply
do not have that time,” she added.
Ezekwesili, who was the former
Vice President of the World Bank for Africa, urged citizens to let their voices
be heard by voting out the “Siamese twins” of President Muhammadu Buhari and
Alhaji Atiku during the forthcoming election in February.
“I decided to join this race
because I wanted you, and me, to have no excuse. We have in this race a
candidate who has excelled in Corporate Nigeria, excelled in national
government, excelled in private enterprise, excelled in international
development, and then dedicated her life to fighting for every Nigerian from
Chibok to Jos, from Abia to Ikot Ekpene.
“A candidate who is one of the
very small tribe of Nigerians who have served in government but who have no
allegation of corruption against them. I don’t mean court case o. I mean
allegation. Zero. None. Not one,” she said.
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