Tinubu Condemns Jonathan For Army’s Distruction

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, announced that President Goodluck Jonathan had destroyed the integrity of the Nigerian Army.

According to Punch, Tinubu made this statement on January 21, 2015 in Katsina State during the party’s presidential campaign.

While addressing the APC supporters, the national leader said the controversy around Muhammadu Buhari’s certificates failed to tender the results. In his opinion, it was an unnecessary distraction from the upcoming elections and a proof that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacked the capacity to woo voters.

Tinubu also expressed his assurance that various debates about the certificates would not stop Nigerians from voting Jonathan out of power. According to him, the President’s administration was a failure.

“We are confronted with terrorist challenges of the violent Boko Haram sect. Instead of Jonathan to stop Boko Haram, he is busy dancing around and the Peoples Democratic Party are busy talking about qualification of Buhari. They have destroyed the Army. They are destroying the integrity of the Army.
“Are you questioning the time that Buhari was recruited into the Nigerian Army? Are you saying the colonial Army did not inspect his certificates before they sent him for training as a cadet officer? Are you saying he did not graduate as a cadet? Are you saying he did not become a captain? Or are you saying he did not become a colonel? Are you saying he did not take any exam in the Army? What is the Nigerian Army becoming? Is it a Jonathan Army or election Army?”

Tinubu’s emotional speech was several times interrupted with shouts of ‘Sai Buhari’ from the cheered crowd.

Continuing the speech, the APC leader called on the northern youths to vote out Jonathan in the forthcoming elections. Tinubu stressed that the President did not deserve a chance to be reelected because he had failed to solve numerous nation’s problems.

“They are not talking about corruption. They are not talking about the money; how Nigeria’s oil money is being stolen. They are busy stealing the money pretending to be fighting corruption and always giving us excuses everyday and every time. We should vote him out. Change Jonathan, vote Buhari.
“May God keep Nigeria from the level of destruction that the Jonathan administration has plunged the nation into. The PDP has worsened poverty in the country and they don’t remember any good thing to tell Nigerians. They are liars. This is why we are asking you to vote Buhari – qualification or no qualification, certificate or no certificate, married or single, young or old.”

It should be reminded that the APC leader and the party’s vice-presidential candidate, Yemi Osinbajo, have recently donated N10 million and food items to the victims of the 2011 post-election violence in Kaduna.

Speaking during the presentation, Tinubu said the money was his personal contribution to the victims, adding that the donation was not from APC funds.