Buhari Blasts Saraki, Ortom, Others For Defecting To PDP

President Muhammadu Buhari may be indirectly attacked notable members of All Progressive’s Congress who dumped the ruling party for Peoples Democratic Party since July this year.

While receiving the N50 million Expression of Interest and Nomination Form bought for him by a group of Nigerian Consolidation Ambassadors Network (NCAN) ahead of his 2019 presidential bid, he described those that abandoned his party as those who are weak and their senses do not align with the party’s vision.

“The weakest whose sense of expectation do not align with our vision have exited our party”, Buhari mentioned.

He received the forms at the Presidential Villa, Abuja this afternoon.

Among those that left APC from July included three governors and dozens of federal lawmakers, including Senate President Bukola Saraki.

The governors are Samuel Ortom of Benue, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto and Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara.

Alleging that corruption was fighting back, Mr Buhari said, “We now have a party of strong and patriotic people who are ready to work for a strong Nigeria.”

The president expressed his pleasure for being honoured by the group, made up of youth from different parts of the country, which raised N50 million to buy the forms for him.

He recalled that his vision to rescue Nigeria started in 2002.

He added that the country reached a hopeless state in 2006, hence he decided to run for president again in 2007.

Mr Buhari said he was moved by the state of hopelessness in the country where the selfish interest of elected leaders superseded national interest, stressing that the 2007 election in the country was a disgrace.

He acknowledged the overwhelming support of the youth he received which resulted in their will to sponsor his form purchase.

“I am honoured today to receive youth from all over the country contributing to buy the form for me.”

The Deputy Chairman of NCAN, Chuckwuemeka Nwajiuba, in his opening remarks, said the group that purchased the Expression of Interest Form for President was made up of three million Nigerians, some of who contributed as little as N68 to purchase the form after “a triple A assessment of the performance of President Buhari.”

He stated that the group was convinced to purchase the form because of the president’s commitments to the fight against corruption, the fight against terrorism and the rejuvenation of the economy.