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The presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive
Change (CPC), Mohammadu Buhari, yesterday launched his campaign in Kaduna,
charging his supporters to deal ruthlessly with anyone who tries to rig the
April elections.

Mr Buhari, who addressed thousands of his supporters during the
flag-off of the North-West Zonal rally of the party held at Murtala Square,
Kaduna said the 12-year rule of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party has not
been beneficial to Nigerians. He said PDP succeeded in compounding insecurity,
abject poverty, religious intolerance and tribalism.

He said if voted into power, he will ensure that road networks
and alternative transportation systems such as railway and water transportation
is improved upon. He also promised that his government will ensure that power
failure is a thing of the past and that employment is generated for the growing
army of youth.

“In our government, we are going to improve the welfare of the
police, ensure that we provide them with security gadgets to protect the
citizens of the country but not to kill their people. Our youth will have job
to do in order to be self employed,” he said.

Mr Buhari, who has promised not challenge the results of April’s
election in any court, said Nigerians should do all within their powers to
protect their votes. He reminded his supporters of his usual exhortation on the
election.

“Come out and vote, protect and escort your votes, and make sure
that you finish with voter’s riggers in the country. Don’t allow them to steal
your votes this time around. Protect your votes as people of Kano, Bauchi and
Lagos did in 2007,” he said.

The CPC’s vice presidential candidate, Tunde Bakare also said
time has come for change in the country.

“It is time to ask PDP to pack its belongings from Aso Rock,” he
said.

The chairman of the party, Tony Momoh described Mr Buhari as the
only candidate that will save the country from bad leadership. He called on the
party’s supporters who registered with INEC to come out and cast their votes
for CPC and defend it.

The rally was attended by over a hundred thousand people from
across the north-west zone. The presentation of flags to the various
gubernatorial candidates from the zone was suspended as a result of the crisis
in Kano and Katsina states.

Trouble in Niger

Leaders of the party have also warned that there is going to be
a revolution in Minna if the state government tried to stop them from their
presidential campaign rally.

The secretary of the party, Buba Galadima said there are plans
by the PDP government to stop the party’s rally in Minna, Niger State.

“On our way coming to this place, I got a massage from Minna
police command that we cannot hold our rally their tomorrow (today). I want to
tell the commissioner of Police in Minna that no man can stop our rally. There
will be a revolution in Minna if police, Army, Navy of Air Force try to stop
us. No any man can stop us to exercise our constitutional right in our
country,” he said.

Mr Galadima said the people are tired of the leadership of the
PDP and called on CPC supporters across the country to come out en masss to
vote for Mr Buhari and the CPC in other to bring change in the country.

“What you’re witnessing today, over two million people that are
here today is higher than that of Goodluck/Sambo campaign rally in all over the
36 states that they have visited in the country,” Mr Galadima said. “This is
just the beginning, we are out to make sure that we bring the end of the
leadership of PDP in this country.”

Meanwhile, one person was feared killed while several others
were injured on Tuesday during a clash between PDP and CPC supporters in Katsina.
The incident happened in Dandagoro village, at the outskirt of Katsina, when
the motorcade of the state governor, Ibrahim Shema, which was returning after a
political rally in Kankia, allegedly ran into the campaign team of the CPC
governorship candidate, Yakubu Danmarke.

Three vehicles, including that of the state PDP chairman, were damaged in
the incident.