APC will wipe out insecurity in Nigeria, says Buhari

Former Head of State and Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday said the party would wipe out the insecurity bedeviling the nation.

Buhari said this on a current affairs programme on Liberty Radio, Kaduna.

According to him, the APC is also determined to improve the economic status of Nigerians.

"Like I have said, we have to properly secure and manage this country.

"You cannot deny citizens their rights to express their own opinion and allow some people to brazenly threaten the corporate existence of the country.

"And instead of inviting them and asking them to explain themselves to the nation, they are given a ride in Presidential jets, when others do it, you go and lock them up or you harass them. That is not the way to do things.

"There is also this problem of insecurity in the land, both physical and material which the All Progressive Congress is about to wipe out, God willing."

Buhari said Nigerians were also interested in having free and fair elections, which was key to multi-party democracy.

"We went to court before now to make sure that this multi-party democracy takes firm root in the country.

"Our objective as a party is to ensure that the system will be strong enough to guarantee security and prosperity for this country."