Democracy (AD), Rafiu Salau Thursday stepped
down for the presidential candidate of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu
Buhari.
Addressing journalists in Abuja, Salau said he is
stepping down for Buhari to save the country’s
democracy from one party system which he said
encourages dictatorship.
He said: “The PDP had been in power for 16 years,
and it has tried its best. No matter how good the
performance of PDP, you need to vote for another
party before you can know that you always get a better
performance when you create a competition among the
parties.
“One party system takes away democracy from the
owners, and denies them the right to use their
democratic system to determine the level of the national
development. No matter how good the performance of
one party system, it cannot perform 10 percent of a
democratic system with at least two strong parties that
make the people to have the opportunity to control their
democracy”.
He called on his supporters and all the party members
to vote for Buhari on March 28 presidential election,
saying Buhari is the candidate of all the democrats
who will bring the desire the country have been
yearning for change.
“It is your responsibility to vote for another party that
will also executes its program. This is the only way the
country can move forward like other democratic
countries that have the control of their democracy. You
need to create competition among the parties so they
can always go back to their drawing board to redesign
their program for your benefits.
“I urged all of you the 68 million voters, should vote
for Gen, Buhari the candidate of all the democrats
who will bring change. Vote APC. Show the world
that you are in control of your democracy,” he said.
Responding, National chairman of the APC, John
Oyegun, commended the AD candidate for identifying
with Buhari, and urged those who are yet to decide
on who vote to emulate Salau and support the APC
presidential candidate.
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