The Action Peoples Party (APP) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to run for a second term of office, claiming he has failed to deliver on campaign promises.
The APP National Chairman,
Barr. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere gave the advise yesterday, at the unveiling of the party at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.
Ugochinyere claimed that Nigeria was more divided under the Buhari-led government than even the dark days of the civil war.
He said the APP, registered on August 15, 2017, deemed it fit to hand down the advise in order to save Nigeria’s democracy and its image in the international community.
The APC boss said, Nigerians voted out President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015, for failure in governance, adding that Buhari would also be voted out in 2019 if he seeks re-election, for allegedly failing to stabilise the nation.
According to him, the Buhari-led government has failed in the areas of security, economy, respect for fundamental human rights, anti-graft war among others.
"Set aside your right to run again, Mr. President, while Nigerians endure the remainder of your tenure till it comes to an end so you can retire with the last vestiges of respect and honour you may have. Support the emergence of a new generation of young leaders with age and experience on their side.
"But where you decide against the wishes of the Nigerian people and put yourself forward, you stand the electoral risk of being humiliated at the polls and any attempt by your party to manipulate the electoral process and foist you in 2019 shall be resisted within the ambit of the law.
"The President and his APC have exhibited a total lack of capacity and knowledge to protect the lives of Nigerians in basically every state of the federation.
"Our country is filled with rivers of blood flowing into the Atlantic ocean, yet our government is not taking any action. In just less than three months of 2018 alone, there have been mass loss of lives in thirty-four of the thirty-six states and no one person has been brought to book," the opposition party said.
The party said its two cardinal principles in governance if given the mandate in 2019 would be to boost the nation’s economy and unite Nigeria.
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