2019 Election: We Could’ve Won Some States Using Military – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says the All Progressives Congress (APC) allowed the law to run it full course during the 2019 general election despite having the power to subvert it.

The president said this when he met with north-east governors on Monday over the security challenges rocking the region.

Buhari said his party could have used the military to overrun opposition states in the 2019 general election but it chose to be fair to everyone.

He aadded that the government wanted to show Nigerians that it is humane.

Among the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors who attended the meeting at Aso Rock were Ahmadu Fintri (Adamawa), Bala Mohammed (Bauchi) and Darius Ishaku (Taraba).

“It is true that we lost some states as a ruling party in a developing country, which is normal. I am proud of that because we are impartial, that is why as ruling party, we lost some states. That means we have our own mistakes,” he said.

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“Some of those that defeated us are sitting here. We know we are a developing country but we respect our country, otherwise, with the use of Army, the police and the rest of them, we could have overrun you. We just wanted to show that we are humane and we are Nigerians. We will continue to do our best.”

The president said before last year’s elections, his party went round the country “apologising for not doing better, but we are doing our best. I think Nigerians believe us”.

“Nigerians, we thank God, understood us and they voted for us,” he said.

The president also lamented over the high level of insecurity in the country, asking the military to put in more efforts in curtailing crime.