Why PDP, R-APC Couldn’t Withstand Buhari During 2019 Election – Galadima

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Buba Galadima, estranged ally of President Muhammadu Buhari has stated why the president could not be defeated during the 2019 general election.

Mr Galadima who heads a faction of the ruling All
Progressive Congress (APC) had led his group to form alliance with the
opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The group named
Reformed-APC (R-APC) comprised of those who were unhappy with the
emergence of Adams Oshiomhole, as the national chairman of the ruling
party.

The coalition between the parties worked for Atiku
Abubakar, candidate of the PDP for the presidential election but that
did not oust the president.

The former vice president was
trounced with about 4 million votes despite being backed up by two
former presidents, paving way for Mr Buhari to actualize his second term
ambition.

Stating why the opposition parties could not withstand
the president at the poll, Galadima said this was because the exercise
was militarised and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
was intimidated.

He said the president and his administration
were good at deploying military for election rather than the
constitutional duty of the force which is to restore peace in troubled
areas in the country.

“The election was not free and fair as I
said earlier. APC and Buhari lost the election but INEC, the military
and the police were used to declare APC the winner,” Galadima said in an
interview he granted Sun Newspaper.

Knowing fully well their
plans to rig the elections, some months before the polls Buhari deployed
the military to some states like Rivers, Benue, Plateau, and others
under the guise of tackling insecurity and armed banditry but the
actual plan was to use the military rig the elections and this is what
they did eventually. The military was used to help APC manipulate the
elections. But legally, this is wrong. It is also immoral.

“Since
2003, the apex court, the Supreme Court had ruled that the military
should not be drafted for elections but in defiance of the court ruling,
APC deployed the military for this election .Military personnel were
visible all over the country at polling centres.

“But what is
even annoying is that while the government was deploying the military
for the election, armed robbers and bandits were having a field day
killing Nigerians from Abuja to Kaduna to Zamfara. In Zamfara state
alone the bandits have killed over 1000 people. Why can’t government
deploy the military to these places? Why can’t they deploy the military
to tackle these hoodlums, bandits and armed robbers? But they didn’t do
so. They find it more convenient to deploy soldiers for election duty,
diverting them away from where their attention and energy is required,
all because of their personal interests.

“The military should
have no role to play in the electoral process at all. If the election
has been free and fair, there is no way Buhari would have won the
election. To me Buhari is an usurper. He imposed himself on Nigerians.
He took power by force, and not through the free will of Nigerians,” the
politician said.

The election that produced the president for a
second term in office is currently being challenged the presidential
election tribunal by the former vice president.

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