After being called a religious bigot and there are even claims that he has plans to Islamise Nigeria when elected as president. Former head of state , Muhammadu Buhari, has categorically dismissed these allegations . He declared that Nigeria remains his only constituency. The APC presidential candidate made this clarification in a statement issued by his spokesman, Rotimi Fashakin. The statement reads :
"As a state governor, military commander, federal minister, head of state and chairman of the Petroleum Trust Fund, (Buhari) showed unflinching commitment to fairness to all, irrespective of religion and tribe.As a former head of government, [Buhari] restates unequivocally that Nigeria is his constituency; and he shall live the rest of his life in encouraging the ambience for nationalistic fervor in all Nigerians."
Buhari further expressed regret that the Nigerian state has become polarized along ethnic and religious lines as a result of cancerous infestation of the nation’s fabric by insurgency. He however restated his commitment to Nigeria’s indivisibility and indissolubility.
The statement reads further:
“The preservation of the inalienable rights of every Nigerian to life, and pursuit of happiness in any part of the nation state remains the hearty commitment of the elder statesman.All the narratives that seek to fit him within the hollowness of ethno-religious garb are very infernal and unmindful of his antecedents as an officer, gentleman, and statesman,” it asserted.
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