The Sun Online
– The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Auditor, George Moghalu,
has at various times occupied top positions like the National Secretary
and the vice chairman of the now merged ANPP.
He, from experience, has become a political force in the opposition
camp and speaking to Abuja Metro recently, he delved into issues,
concerning the coming elections, warning of an impending doom should
there be any attempt to rig out APC.
He said it would not be out of place for the Southeast to produce the
next Senate President should Gen. Buhari emerge President of Nigeria
after the 2015 presidential election.
He also revealed APC’s antidote to the over N21 billion campaign
war-chest of the PDP, noting that his party had enough campaign fund
from the ordinary Nigerians on the streets, who will willingly support
the Buhari/Osibanjo presidency with N1000.
INEC readiness
We are very ready. I want to comfortably and confidently say that APC
is very ready for the general election. From the outcome of our
primaries that produced the candidates, we didn’t have much issues.
However, we are not losing sight of the fact that we are dealing with
people’s ambition and as such should not expect it to be totally
smooth. It was a dynamic situation but in all these, so long as we were
seen to be fair and credible in the conduct of the primaries, it is
easier to get the loser and winner to understand the circumstance.
This is exactly what we are doing – making explanations where
necessary, but following strictly the guideline we put in place before
the primaries. I can conveniently tell you that we don’t have many
problems.
Buhari, a big threat
It is wrong to compare oranges and apples because Gen Muhammadu
Buhari and President Goodluck Jonathan are two different persons. We are
bringing a man whose selling point is credibility, integrity and if
there is anything Nigeria needs now, it is such firm character with
quality as his watchword.
Buhari is very experienced and confirmed even by his enemies to be
corruption free. It is wrong to say that his age will count against him
because we are not talking about bricklaying at Aso Rock or work in a
quarry site. We are talking about intelligence, mental and physical
capacity of a retired soldier.
As far as I am concerned, age is not an issue because Buhari is only
72 years. We have also complemented him with a vice president candidate
who is under 60 years.
We were cautious and took our time in choosing his running mate
because we want to follow the democratic process. We are not like others
that just wake up and make an announcement. We embarked on wide
consultations, involved everybody, made everybody accept and ensure that
everybody’s interest is taken into account.
It is ridiculous to hear the argument that Oshibanjo, a professor of
law, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), an author of many books on
jurisprudence, a former attorney-General of a state, who turned around
the justice system in Lagos State lacks the political clout to be the
vice president. I wonder what other credentials he should have for us to
accord him the respect he deserves.