I’m being harshly judged by my past records – Buhari

He also said that he would ensure that corruption is rooted out of the system as soon as he is elected, agreeing with the statement that if ”Nigeria does not kill corruption, corruption will kill us.This was as he welcomed former President, Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of his candidacy.The former head of state while speaking from his Abuja office, affirmed that the Boko Haram insurgency would be upstaged by his administration by blocking corruption and other leakages. He said that the major problem with the war against Boko Haram was that the money voted to address the menace was always not used appropriately, blaming corruption and lack of accountability as well as poor welfare of the army for the failure of the current administration to win the war against insurgency.
When asked what he thinks of Nigerians having to grapple with the difficult option of choosing from a failed president and a former military dictator with a bad human rights record, he said: “All those things you mentioned were done under military administration; if we did not suspend the constitution then, it would have been difficult for us to operate under those circumstances. So I do not think I should be judged as an individual for those things that happened then.”

He further said that the approach under a democratic government would be different from the regime where the constitution was suspended.

Welcoming the endorsement of President Obasanjo, he said: “Well it will certainly bring more supporters to us and more confidence for those who were sitting on the fence because General Obasanjo is highly respected and as far as the nation is concerned, there is no issue that can be deliberated upon without people seeking his opinion.”