Bankole further stated that Nigerians voted for President Muhammadu Buhari not because he was the best candidate, saying Buhari has nothing to offer for the Nation other than his integrity.
He said "Buhari’s integrity is all he has got, and that does not give us food on our tables"
Below are his words:
"We are not condemning PDP or APC, they are victims of their circumstances. If you choose someone who has lived all his life in the military to come and lead you, you should expect dictatorship from him, because that is the only thing he knows.
"You just put together a group of people, who don’t know each other, but who came together because they want to take power. How do you get a team to run the government? That is the problem of the APC. The only person they’ve gotten is Buhari. Unfortunately, he is now sick, that is why they are no more APC. What did they use to campaign? Buhari’s integrity is what gave them the election.
"So, people just voted Buhari not because he was the best. I said it before he was sworn in, that Buhari is not the person to change this economy. This man has got nothing to offer us except his integrity. He is too old. He has been out of government for 30 years. He has no team, and so what vision does he want to give us? He has no vision, he has no health, he has no knowledge, but he has integrity, leave integrity; will that give us food? And that is why we are where we are.
Asked whether Nigerians should not hope for things to get better under Buhari he said:
"I am not saying so. I should be asking you, what is your own vision? Whatis your hope under Buhari? What I am saying, with all emphasis is that Buhari’s integrity is all he has got, and that does not give us food on our tables. Nigeria has a terrible economy and we need someone with stamina, intellectually and physically sound . He is a 73 year old man, Obasanjo was able to do what he could do because he was only 62. Obasanjo was waking up by 6 o’clock and sleeping by 3am the following day, I was very close to him. Can my brother, Buhari do that today, because of his age and sickness? I opted out, because I believed I had nothing to offer politically again.
"I started contesting at the age of 36. I wanted to be governor of my state at the age of 38. What should I be looking for at 75 again? When people like you of the same age as Obama, Tony Blair have not been given opportunity to even try, what type of country is that?
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