Vote out Jonathan, Buhari tells Imo people

The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has urged Imo people to vote out the Peoples Democratic Party at state and national levels. He said this at the Dan Anyiam Stadium in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Monday, during a campaign tour. Buhari said that the people should vote for the APC because the PDP has failed the people 16 years in power. “They did not provide jobs or security. The economy has drastically gone down. We cannot be alive and see our dear country die a natural death,” Buhari noted. Buhari, in a brief speech, charged the people to get their Permanent Voter Cards in order to exercise their right in the presidential and legislative elections holding next Saturday. In his speech, the Governor of the state, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, described Buhari as a man that has zero tolerance for corruption, adding that Buhari would industrialise Nigeria if elected into power. “As his name means in Igbo language, Buhari will ‘Bugharia’ Nigeria for the better.” He said that the election will be won by the APC at all levels, adding that the votes of the masses will count just as he accused the PDP of planning to rig the elections. One of the highpoints of the rally was the presentation of a certificate of endorsement to Buhari by the Association of Nigerians in Ireland and defection of several PDP members to APC.