Foreign Affairs Minister,
Geoffrey Onyeama, says 2019 election is not a matter of `life or death’ for
President Muhammadu Buhari because he will be happy to accept the verdict of
the electorate.
Onyeama in an interview the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said that all the president wants to do is to create a
level playing field for all the political parties.
“He is fully committed to
ensuring that the next election in 2019 is free, fair and transparent and that
each vote should count.
“I think most importantly for
him, it is not a matter of life or death. That is where he is coming from. He
is very happy to accept whatever the outcome is and the will of the people.
“He doesn’t want to interfere
with the process, he wants INEC to be totally independent for them to do the
right thing.
“He is ready to invest and
provide all the resources for them to be totally independent,” he said.
He recalled that Buhari almost
did not purchase the nomination form but for the intervention of well wishers.
Onyeama gave the assured
Nigerians that Buhari is going to practice what he preach.
“He has been to Supreme Court to
challenge election, he has been on the other side; he appreciates more than
anyone else the importance of free, fair and transparent election.
“He always said that the
electronic process that has been introduced helping to take away the human
element has been the game changer, something that he loves, so he believes in
free and fair election,” he said.
Onyeama said that Buhari would
show good example to West African and other countries by practicing what he
preaches.
He said that the president led
the intervention of ECOWAS in the Gambia and sent special envoys to Mali,
Guinea Bissau and Togo to ensure democratically elected government in those
countries
“He has sent me as a special
envoy to ensure that the electoral process in Guinea Bissau is on course; he
sent me as a special envoy to Mali get the opposition to accept the court
ruling after the election.
“He sent me as envoy to Togo to
help them to push for a transparent and fair process as they are also prepare
for legislative election.
“He went to the International
Criminal Court as a special guest of honour and delivered a speech to the world
about the importance and the rule of law and fair election,” he said.(NAN)
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