''Don’t Be Afraid Of Jail''- Aisha Buhari Tells Patience Jonathan
Hajia Aishat Buhari, wife of the Presidential candidate of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari, has advised Dame
Patience Jonathan, that she needs not fear jail, should her husband be
voted President come 28 March, as Nigerians only want a change in the
way the country is being governed now.
Patience Jonathan, has been campaigning that General Buhari
will jail his political opponents if elected President in the March 28
election.
Mrs. Buhari who spoke on Thursday at a mega rally in
Benin, where she interacted with women in Edo State, described PDP’s
attempt to paint her husband black with the tar of religion a desperate
attempt to hoodwink the people, saying only those who want to loot the
treasury campaign with religion which is at variance with politics.
“Each zone of the country has its peculiar problems.
For me in this zone, girl-child trafficking should be considered one of
our problems, though I know there is unemployment. Unemployment is the
major factor that contributes to brain drain and also the girl-child
trafficking. General Muhammadu Buhari is a leader who led Nigeria some
decades ago and he is coming back now to sanitise the system.
“For
those that are campaigning, saying that he is coming to jail Nigerians,
I don’t know what their fear is. But they shouldn’t be afraid, because
we are all yearning for change. The insecurity in the country, the very
poor healthcare system, lack of education and other basic necessities
that people are lacking I believe Nigerians need somebody like General
Muhammadu Buhari now.
“Already, they have painted him black,
using religion. I’m happy today that Nigerians realise that they use
religion as a cover to loot Nigeria. Any politician who talks to you
about religion is a liar, he only wants to loot the treasury and the
little resources you ought to enjoy. So say no to politics merging it
with religion to deceive the people.
“I’m here today to let Edo
women know that when my husband is elected into office as President, all
these will be history. The insecurity, the girl-child trafficking,
suffering of the widows in the South East will come to an end. There
must be a cultural design that can accommodate the widow. A design that
would make the girl-child comfortable wherever she is in this country.
She doesn’t have to leave her country to go and prostitute elsewhere,
it’s not her portion. Her portion is to have a highly standard and moral
society for her to live in. Get married, have children, train them and
also mould them to become the future leaders.
“We are here today
to also let you know that the collection of your PVCs is important and
don’t ever sell it. It’s like selling your future. If you sell it for
N5,000, you won’t see N5,000 again until after four years which will be
bad. Get your PVC, vote for APC, vote for freedom, vote for a new
Nigeria with good security, good education, good healthcare, good roads
and all the basic necessities,” she said.
Also addressing the
women, Governor Adams Oshiomhole urged them to vote for the APC since
the PDP has failed in 16 years to deliver on electricity and other basic
infrastructure, adding that PDP government fleeces even the poor
through kerosene sale.
“In sixteen years, PDP did not provide
light, we provide the transformers to the communities but the PDP
Federal Government cannot power the lights. They collect fixed charges
from the people when there is no fixed light.
“They say ther’s
power reforms, however instead of reform, they deform. They advertised
to employ people into the Nigeria Immigration Service and use private
company to charge the applicant N1,000 each. The private company
collected over N800 million from poor youths and took them to the
stadium to conduct an interview, at the end people died. Instead of the
Minister in charge to be reprimanded, he was given national honours.
“You
need to understand the issues. Our call for change and for people to
vote for the APC and vote out the PDP is because the PDP has completely
failed and deceived the people for 16 years. So they must go home,”
Oshiomhole said, adding that “the people must vote for APC to return
Nigeria from darkness to light, from unemployment to employment and from
insecurity to security.”
He flayed some religious leaders who
want to polarise the country along religious lines, saying the problems
facing the country affect both Christians and Moslems so Nigerians
should ignore the attempt to hoodwink them and preach hatred using the
religion card.
Earlier in her welcome address, wife of the state
Deputy Governor, Deaconess Endurance Odubu, said Nigerians have made up
their minds to vote massively for the All Progressives Congress.
She
noted the achievements of Governor Adams Oshiomhole in Edo State and
said when voted into power, General Muhammadu Buhari will replicate it
at the national level.
Mrs. Odubu assured Hajia Aishat Buhari that Edo women will vote massively for the AP
C.