Standup9ja: Vote anybody you want in 2019, Buhari tells Nigerians
Ahead of the
2019 general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Nigerians
to get their Permanent Voters Card and vote anybody they want.
He was
speaking at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday night while
breaking Ramadan fast with members of the judiciary led by a Justice of
the Supreme Court, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola.
Buhari, who said
technology aided his election victory in 2015, was responding to a
remark by a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Alfa Belgore.
The president
said he kept appealing to state governors to embark on voters’ education
so that citizens could regard their PVCs as their national card.
“I find it
necessary to invite you because I don’t normally see you. I’ve to repeat
what I said having heard what you said. I mentioned that when I was in
the military and much younger, we believed things were going wrong and
so when I came, I took from the president downwards, to Kirikiri against
your advice and told them that they are guilty until they prove
themselves innocent.
But we proceeded to have various tribunals to
investigate and I can still remember extremely good and fantastic
Nigerians, they're few in the society that is why we don’t see the
impact of fantastic people we’ve.
“I decided to
put on agbada and come back, I tried three times and then fourth time I
eventually made it. Thanks to God and thanks to technology because this
Permanent Voters Card and card readers are fantastic. Those who went to
their polling booths in their constituency and voted, their votes
counted.
“Before, votes
were disregarded and results written and there was nothing you can do
before the Justices to proof your case. But now with technology it has
been made easy. That is why I keep appealing to the governors to embark
on voters’ education, to please tell the people that their voters card
is their national card so to speak.
“Let them vote
for anybody they want across ethnicity and religion and impose their
decisions on them. I think that is why I am calling on and I am begging
the governors to please continue with voters’ education so that people
will take their permanent voters card seriously and make sure that they
don’t lose it.
“I am
bothering you with this because you are in a position of influence and
you come from a constituency that is recognized and what you say will
mean a lot to the people at your constituency," Buhari said.
Earlier, Belgore had affirmed that Buhari loved the country very much.
The former CJN said President Buhari only needed good people around him.
He said: “I
have always respected the president as a person. He loves this country
very much. Because of that, what he needs always is to have very good
people around him.
"The economy
is down all over Africa so if we have any other problem now, it’s just a
child’s play with what is happening in other countries. I pray that
this country will continue to develop under you. God will continue to
guide you right and the country will be very very strong. We are holding
another election next year.”
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