The Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari has announced that the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) could have used the military to overrun opposition states in the 2019 general election but it chose to be impartial and allow the will of Nigerians to stand.
Buhari spoke at a meeting with north-east governors on Monday and went further to claim that the government wanted to show Nigerians that it is humane.
Also at the meeting were governors of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)- Ahmadu Fintri (Adamawa), Bala Mohammed (Bauchi) and Darius Ishaku (Taraba).
Buhari said, “it is true that we lost some states as a ruling party in a developing country, which is normal. I am proud of that because we are impartial, that is why as ruling party, we lost some states. That means we have our own mistakes,” he said.
“Some of those that defeated us are sitting here. We know we are a developing country but we respect our country, otherwise, with the use of Army, the police and the rest of them, we could have overrun you. We just wanted to show that we are humane and we are Nigerians. We will continue to do our best. ”
The president said before last year’s elections, his party went round the country “apologising for not doing better, but we are doing our best. I think Nigerians believe us”.
“Nigerians, we thank God, understood us and they voted for us,” he said.
On the ravaging insecurity across the country, the president encouraged members of the security agencies to do more to secure the life and property of Nigerians.
