Politics under Buhari not do-or-die, says Ojudu
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Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters Senator Femi Ojudu has urged Nigerian to cooperate with President Muhammadu Buhari to reform the electoral process and make it more participatory.
He said the era of do-or-die politics was over because the President is determined to change Nigerians’ perception about politics and entrench a new political order devoid of desperation.
Ojudu spoke in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, yesterday during a Transformation Leadership Seminar organised for youths.
The presidential aide accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of injecting brigandage into the nation’s polity since the advent of democracy.
He assured that the Buhari administration would redirect the psyche of Nigerians and make them see election as a civil matter, rather than a war.
Ojudu said: “Elections in Rivers, Akwa Ibom and other states in the Southsouth under former President Goodluck Jonathan were like wars. “The presidency was so much involved and that gave some PDP top shots and other interested parties the motivation to terrorise the opposition.
“But President Buhari is not interested in who wins elections. He is only interested in the due process not being jettisoned.
“His coming to the presidency is by popular mandate and Mr President is passionate about making our democracy a beacon to other fledging democracies in Africa. No more killing or maiming and whoever does that under whatever guise will face the wrath of the law.”
A professor of History, Banji Akintoye, in his lecture entitled: “The Ekiti Character as a Development Asset said Ekiti cannot afford to fail because it boasts of brains that can make things happen in the face of difficulty.
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