Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State
Fashola, who spoke at an interactive session Buhari had with youth groups and students at the Muson Centre in Lagos, urged the youths to defend their votes, which he said did not mean fighting and being violent, but to wait until their votes were counted.
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State yesterday charged Nigerians to vote out the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), if he fails to perform in his first term if he is handed the mandate on the 28 of this month.
Fashola, who spoke at an interactive session Buhari had with youth groups and students at the Muson Centre in Lagos, urged the youths to defend their votes, which he said did not mean fighting and being violent, but to wait until their votes were counted.
Noting that the time had come for people to vote for performance, he noted that those who were first given the mandate and failed to perform should be kicked out through the ballot box.
“Vote and defend your votes. It does not mean you should fight. Wait until your votes are counted. Nobody, armed or unarmed, has the right to stop you from voting. It is your right,” he said.
The Governor wondered why a federal government that promised to improve technology would be afraid of the use of card readers for elections. He asked why it supported issuance of Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, in the first instance.
He encouraged the youths to know that this was the best time to change a poor-performing federal government, adding that by so doing, they would make history as the first generation to have changed a bad government through the ballot box in Nigeria.
“If you agree that your country is not doing well and you want to change it, it will be the first time a bad government is changed by the people in Nigeria. If you elect Buhari and Osibanjo, you will have succeeded in changing a bad government and if Gen. Buhari and Osinbajo did not perform, you should vote them out,” he said.
While stressing that integrity and untainted records distinguished the Buhari/Osinbajo candidacy, the APC stalwart noted that, “I have said this to help you make informed decision and not on the basis of what your friend chooses. Buhari is contesting because past leaders have failed to keep their promises.
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