Before starting out on this week's campaign activities, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, General Muhammadu Buhari (Retd) took to twitter to review the past week and make comments on issues about his campaign.
He used the platform to call on President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP to stop the smear campaigns against him stressing that elections are not war.
Good morning, my friends. As we continue our relentless pace campaigning for #Change this week, let’s reflect on the past few weeks -GMB
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
I have become seriously disturbed by the volume of falsehood and desperation from the opposition campaign of the PDP.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
I clearly underrated the panic and lack of integrity that leads people to tell barefaced lies, and must confess, it continues to confound me
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
I have run for office before, but I have consistently done so without desperation or anger, because elections are not war.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
Why should candidates tell so many frantic lies in order to win elections, if truly their purpose is to ‘transform’ the lives of our people?
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
It is a tragedy to see the ruling party focus on pettiness and lies; rumours of cancer, foreign treatment, and certificates they know exist.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
Hundreds, perhaps thousands of Nigerians died in #Baga days ago. Our unemployment numbers are rising.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
The businesses of our enterprising youth are being killed by lack of access to finance and poor economic policies.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
This campaign should be about those issues. It should be about today and the future; about securing Nigerian lives and Nigerian land.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
The desperation is beyond my understanding. #ThingsMustChange
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
What is this obsession with lies? What is this obsession with pettiness? What is this obsession with threats and attacks?
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
All of us, citizens and voters need to ask ourselves – why is our President so desperate?
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
How can the President of this country be talking about remembering phone numbers and coup speeches?
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
How can his campaign be talking about dead ex-leaders, jogging around the stadium and outright lies about my health?
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
How can a President who has led this country for six years be unable to run on his own record and his achievements?
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
Where is his fabled calm, where is his reserve, where is his composure? Why is he so ruffled? Why is he so frustrated and afraid?
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
We should be deeply worried that a President who called for calm during governorship elections has now lost his cool in his own elections.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
Our President and his allies must remember that he is not only a candidate for office; he is the President of Nigeria.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
We do not have a disinformation or propaganda wing in our campaign. We have no need to waste time in driving petty attacks.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
We have not spoken about the President's family, his health, his religion, his ethnic group, or his phone number.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
We are concerned only about his record – has he secured Nigeria? Has he fought corruption? Has he truly grown the economy so it can work?
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
Do our children find it easy to get jobs? Do our sisters and brothers find it easy to set up and sustain their businesses?
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
Can our president keep us safe when we travel to any part of this country? Is your life better today than it was six years ago?
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
We have only presented our record – how we fought insurgencies, how we stabilised the naira, how we tackled corruption.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
We have presented our vision and plans – through our manifesto (available on http://t.co/mpQkYuVlSg) and our town hall meetings.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
We are lucky to have in this election two people who have led this country. I am proud to present our record of solutions and effectiveness.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
Imagine the accelerated growth we can now achieve in a democracy –which the world has seen to be the most effective way of governing nations
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
Let us focus on those issues, please. Elections are not war. February 14 is not about politicians. It is about our country.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
I am appealing to you: the damage to this country is great. The level of unemployment and insecurity is intolerable, worsened by corruption.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
Therefore, I shall refuse to indulge the smear campaign. I refuse to allow them take away the focus from the issues that concern you.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
We insist on a campaign of hope, change and the future. This election is about big, important issues. We refuse to play it small.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
Join us as we continue the relentless pace of our rallies in Minna and Kaduna today. #Change is finally here, my friends. - GMB
— Muhammadu Buhari (@ThisIsBuhari) January 19, 2015
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