buhari should be judged on his past, not what he will do – Obanikoro

QA former gubernatorial candidate under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State, Sen Musliu Obaniko, has declared that Nigerians won’t waste their vote for Buhari come February 14.
The immediate past Minister for Defence (State), enjoined Nigerians to judge the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd) by his past and not what his party presents him to be in 2015.
Obanikoro stated this on Tuesday while addressing party supporters at the campaign rally he organised under the aegis of the Goodluck/Sambo Independent Campaign Group in Lagos.
Obanikoro, who insisted that Buhari was not electable said: “we cannot continue to judge Buhari based on what we think he will do in future. He should be judged by what he did as a former head of state”.
He said the assaults committed by Buhari and his regime cannot be swept under the carpet.
According to him, “his assault on Pa Awolowo, Late Bola Ige, Former Gov Lateef Jakande among others cannot be forgotten. The worst crime was his stopping of the Lagos Metro line which would have put Lagos state on a pedestal of sorts.”
The former minister used the avenue to add his voice to the controversy surrounding the educational certificates of the APC candidate, saying that the issues must not be allowed to be patched up as the opposition party wanted.
While calling on Nigerians to vote for President Goodluck Jonathan, he explained that the President was serving Nigeria without discrimination and that he had helped Nigeria’s democracy to grow by guaranteeing freedom of speech for all.