Senior lawyer, Femi Falana, has faulted the
decision of a presidential aspirant of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammad
Buhari, to take out a bank loan to purchase
his party’s intent form for the presidential
race.
Mr. Falana spoke on Thursday in Abeokuta at
the 2014 Press Week of the Paramount F.M
chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists,
NUJ, Ogun State Council, on the topic,
Current Security Challenges; Implications
For 2015 Election.
“That action of taking bank loan is
indefensible. I have condemned it and
political parties should do something about
that. If you are obtaining loans for forms,
what about elections? Elections cost billions
in Nigeria and that should be discouraged,”
Mr. Falana said.
He enjoined Nigerians to shun ethnic,
religious and other primordial sentiments in
voting in candidates.
He said what Nigerians should look out for
are qualities that will fix roads, reduce
poverty and deal with insecurity issue.
Similarly, Mr. Falana charged the media not
to extend undue favour to any candidate or
political party. He said their report should
also be issue based, while more effort should
be directed at fighting corruption.
Mr. Falana stressed that only individuals
with competence and commitment should get
Nigerians’ votes.
On local government autonomy, Mr. Falana
said in the true sense of the word, no arm of
government in Nigeria is truly autonomous,
arguing that as long as states continued to
run to Abuja for survival, autonomy exists
only on paper.
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