President Muhammadu Buhari urged Nigerians to vote for anyone from any political party in the 2023 general election.
Daily Trust reports that the president said no one should mobilize resources or rogues to intimidate people in their constituencies.
He spoke in London Wednesday evening after meeting with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace.
“My aim is to make sure that Nigerians believe that we respect them as an administration.
“That’s what I want to go down in Nigerian history for as a leader,” the president said.
He expressed confidence that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, would win the election.
According to him, the APC is lucky to have Tinubu as its presidential candidate. When asked about the party’s chances in the 2023 elections, Buhari said, “We’re going to win the election.”
“Tinubu, the presidential candidate, a very well-known politician in the country, was a two-term governor in Lagos State, the most resourceful and visited state. So, I think the party was lucky to get him to be the candidate,” he said.
The president said his meeting with King Charles focused on strengthening the bilateral relationship with the United Kingdom.
He said the British monarch was very interested in Nigeria. “Maybe because of Nigeria’s long relationship with Britain, our economic strength, I think we’re still very attached to them.”
Buhari said he told King Charles he did not have a house in the UK.
“He (King Charles III) asked me whether I have a house here (in the UK), I said no, I live in Nigeria alone, the only house I have are those I have before I got into government, and I’m not very much interested in having houses all over the place. I feel much freer when I have nothing.”
