2015 Election Determining Factor Of Nigeria’s Existence As One Country – APC

Interim national publicity secretary of the yet-to-be registered All
Progressive Congress (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has expressed
apprehension over the 2015 general elections, saying it will not be
about change in political leadership but about the continued existence
of Nigeria as one country.
Alhaji Mohammed, who is also the spokesman for the Action Congress of
Nigeria (ACN), also said the opposition party has restrained from
making further comments on the Boko Haram insurgency due to the
mischief of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Speaking with journalists at his Oro country home, in Irepodun Local
Government Area of Kwara State, on Wednesday shortly after theseventh
annual Lai Mohammed Ramadan Lecture, Alhaji Mohammed said there was
need for caution and sacrifice on the part of political leaders to
ensure 2015 election does not spell doom for the country.
"The 2015 elections will not be about one party replacing the other or
aboutone president being replaced with another. 2015 elections will be
where Nigeria will continue to stay as one country.
"It will be where or about how do we avert imminent civil war again.
That is why the leaders of APC must be able to make the ultimate
sacrifice to rescue NigeriaIn Nigeria today, there is a low burning
war. The entire North-East is like it is not part of Nigeria. The
insecurity in the North-Westis palpable. Why the ACN hasrestrained
itself from making further comments on the Boko Haram insurgency is
because of themischief of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and
others to label us an Islamistparty. That is completely untrue," he
said.
Alhaji Mohammed also denied reports that former military president,
General Ibrahim Babangida and its flag-bearer in the 2007 presidential
elections, AlhajiAtiku Abubakar, were jostling for the chairmanship of
the Board ofTrustees (BoT) of the APC, adding that the party had not
yet been issued certificate of registration, while the duo had not
indicated interest in joining the party.
"I think the alleged jostling by General Babangida, AlhajiAbubakar and
others for the BoT chair of the APC is a figment of the rumour
peddlers' imagination," he said.