Buhari’s second term: Best for Nigeria – Senator Arise

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and gubernatorial aspirant seeking the ticket of the party in Ekiti state, Senator Ayo Arise has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration for second term was in best for Nigeria.

The former senator, who threw his weight behind the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to seek re-election next year, said the country will not regret the decision.

Sen. Arise who spoke to journalists at the party Secretariat on Monday to pick his nomination and expression of interest form for the forthcoming election in the state said: “There have been challenges along the line but I don’t believe these can be achieved in just 3 years in government.

My question is, if this man is saying we should stop stealing in this country, people should use the money to develop the country, are we not going to support him for as long as possible, as long as he’s physically fit.

“We can see that since the president recovered from his ailment, he’s being up to the task, very agile, he looks healthier by the day, so, personally, for the programs that he has set in place, they should be able to give him the opportunity provided by the constitution to complete the projects that he has started and the policies.

“I have always supported this president. When he came in‎, he ran on the premises of change, fighting corruption, providing security and revamping the economy.

There have been challenges along the line but he could not have done it all in three years. If this man is saying people should stop stealing in this country and that people who have stolen should return what they have stolen, I think I want to support him for as long as he is physically fit and we have seen that he is fit”, he said.

On the governorship election, he said the party leadership has assured aspirants there will be no imposition of anyone.

“I don’t think the party will make a mistake of being the one deciding who will govern Ekiti state apart from the delegates that will vote, it would be a very serious error because Ekiti people are very unique, very tough-minded people. You have seen several of us, so, they are very highly educated and highly cerebral.

“Today, I have the unique advantage of bringing people in the general elections, hitting Fayose when he talks because he knows that if I win this ticket, he knows he is a ‘goner’.

He is waiting for us to make a mistake and that mistake can come from maybe the party by trying to impose candidate, God forbid!

I am sure that will not happen because we know what we want and this president as a man of law and order, a man of integrity and we know, for instance, from all examples, from all elections we have had, from Anambra and all those states, there is no allegation of imposition in the party”.