Alhaji Balarabe Musa has said that
the country does not have the condition for a free and fair election and that
only money will determine winners of the 2019 general elections.
In an interview with Nigerian
Tribune, the former governor of old Kaduna state also said the support Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo was giving to Atiku Abubakar was because he was afraid of what
President Muhammadu Buhari will do to him.
Musa said even though attempt
will be made to conduct a free and fair election, it will still be rigged by
the ruling All Progressives Congress and the main opposition, the Peoples
Democratic Party.
He said: “Anything can happen in
Nigeria, but one thing is that people should not fool themselves that the
election will be free, fair and transparent and lead to a legitimate government
in Nigeria. The conditions for such do not exist. However, an attempt will be
made, yes, but there will not be free, fair and transparent election leading to
a legitimate government. The election will be manipulated; it will be rigged in
favour of those who have money, because the deciding factor in politics and
election in Nigeria now is money power. In particular, stolen money power.
“Conservatively, you cannot even
have a chance of winning a governorship election in Nigeria unless you can
spend at least half a billion Naira. In the case of presidential election, you
have to spend anything from N3 billion to N5 billion. In fact, for the 2019
elections, at this level of degeneration in Nigeria, the All Progressive
Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidates
will spend up to N500 billion to win the Presidency. They will virtually buy
the votes and those who will manage to organise the campaign, they will also
buy them.
“Votes never count in Nigeria,
except marginally. The votes have never counted in the history of Nigeria,
though some were better than the others. Well, it was relatively free. It was the
nearest to a free election in the history of Nigeria. It wasn’t really free,
but it was free under the Nigerian condition. We have never had an election
near what you can call free and fair election.”
Musa also accused Obasanjo of
acting like an imperial authority saying his support for Atiku is because of
his fear for Buhari.
He said: "You can see how
the power mongers in the country are rallying behind the former Vice-President,
Alhaji Abubakar Atiku. Look at how they are rallying behind the PDP. Look at
how [former] President Olusegun Obasanjo used the influence he had to seek the
removal of the ban placed on Atiku from entering America. You know until a few
weeks ago, every Nigerian believed that Atiku was banned from traveling to
America because of the corruption charges. But two or three weeks ago, Obasanjo
went to America and solved the problem for him. Now, Atiku has gone to America
and he went to America because of the influence of Obasanjo. So, you should now
assume that white imperialism is now in control in Nigeria through PDP with the
major role of Obasanjo behind the whole thing.
“Remember Obasanjo came in to
support Buhari in 2015 when he started his campaign for the Presidency and he
helped him [Buhari] to become the president. But immediately Buhari started,
apparently, he didn’t want to be a brand of Obasanjo and the latter dumped him.
The result now is that he [Obasanjo] is fighting Buhari to the death. That is
the only way you can explain his support for Atiku against Buhari, because how can
you imagine Obasanjo who is so articulate in terms of power, with all the
failure of Buhari, how can you imagine him preferring Atiku, who compared with
Buhari, is virtually a nonentity politically? How can you imagine Obasanjo, an
articulate politician and articulate leader, supporting Atiku, because of the
fear of what Buhari can do to him and others?”
How many years does it take to do sumthin to someone? If nothing has been done in the past 4years then this ur statement has no juice in it.
ReplyDeleteYou are a bloody liar or it is you people that are afraid of Atiku and OBJ
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