APC Chieftain absolves Buhari of dictatorial allegations

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Former Benue Commissioner for Transport, Mr Joseph Orkar, who was detained for eighteen months by the then military regime of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, said that the APC presidential candidate sent corrupt politicians to jail to demonstrate his high sense of moral discipline.
Orkar stated this on Wednesday at an APC rally in Aliade, Benue state.
Admitting that they could have have been cases of miscarriage of justice, he said the few cases did not undermine the integrity of the process.
He said Buhari was working towards establishing probity and accountability in the system by disciplining erring politicians.
Orkar, who is the APC Vice Chairman in the state, said he was an ardent supporter of Buhari despite his imprisonment and called on other Nigerians to support the APC presidential candidate.
Also speaking, Senate Minority leader, George Akume, accused the state government of non-payment of workers’ salaries, pensions, scholarship allowances and gratuities amounting to billions of Naira.
He said he left the PDP for the opposition when it became imminent that the PDP had derailed from the fundamental objectives of its fore-fathers.
He called on the electorates not to be left out of the wind of change blowing across the the six geo-political zones of the country.
Addressing the rally, a member of the state legislature, Mr Benjamin Adanyi, urged the people of the state to collect their permanent voter cards (PVC’s) to enable them cast their votes during elections.
On his part, Dr Samuel Ortom, the APC governorship candidate in the state, accused the PDP of perpetrating acts of injustice, claiming that the injustice.
Ortom, who served as Minister under President Goodluck Jonathan, defected to the APC after the PDP primaries.
He promised to bring about a turnaround in all sectors of the economy and to govern the state with the fear of God.
NAN