Buhari Opens Up on His Fears of Losing The 2015 Presidential Election

President Buhari says he was scared of
contesting in the 2015 presidential election after
his failures in past elections. He said this while
addressing APC leaders during the breaking of the
Ramadan fast at the presidential villa yesterday
July 14th.
"No matter the level you are, drop your influence
so that we can help achieve the manifesto –
security, economy, employment and corruption-
because if we don’t kill corruption, corruption will
kill Nigeria. We have to ensure that people we
bring forward are those that will move the society
forward.
"I always like to go down the memory lane to
show how lucky we are as a political group. At no
stage was the decision taken by chance, it was
all deliberate. The leaders of the parties felt the
only way to wrest power from the PDP was for us
to come together. I, in particular, was scared after
previous failures of the elections of 2003, 2007
and 2011. We dissolved our various parties to
form APC, then we applied to INEC, for once I
was grateful to INEC.
"We had gone with nine people to INEC to apply
and INEC advised us that we needed at least 25
people to form a political party. We were able to
go back and raised 35 members across the
country and then successfully registered the
party. INEC then informed the federal government
that we have met the requirements hence we
cannot be denied registration.
"Many doubting Thomases said merger had never
succeeded in Nigeria but here we are. I went into
this long explanation so that you will appreciate
how far we have come and for a society as ours,
if we respect the constitution, then all the greed
and problems will be a thing of the fast.” the
President said