Tunde Bakare while speaking during the first new year service at his Ikeja church, in what he tagged “The State of the Nation Broadcast” yesterday, called on Nigerian to ensure a replacement for Jonathan who, he said, has shown gross incompetence in tackling the insurgents.
He added that such replacement would be best found in General Muhammadu Buhari and his party, the All Progressive Congress (APC).
He said, “Since the government has demonstrated a very high degree of incompetence as far as combatting terrorism, is it not better to have a replacement, particularly in terms of a new government led by the person of the APC candidate, General Buhari, which can only happen through elections?
“This reasoning seems valid, for though the president has made several attempts at tackling the issue, his avowed political will has not yielded fruit and the situation has only worsened. It is perhaps too complicated for him to deal with.
“But what is the guarantee that there will be free, fair and credible elections and the opposition will not be rigged out of victory once again? What is the guarantee that the power of incumbency will not successfully manipulate the presidential elections?
“Even if General Buhari wins, what would happen if, in response to a Buhari victory, another wave of insurgency explodes in the South-South in such proportion that will completely ground the Nigerian economy? Is that what we want as a nation?”
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