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The presidential candidate of the Action
Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Nuhu Ribadu, yesterday, vowed to jail those
who have looted the treasury in the last 12 years if elected as the next
president of the country.

Mr Ribadu, the former Chairman of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, made the statement in Ado
Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital during his presidential rally. He likened
the Action Congress of Nigeria to a revolution that would sweep the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) out of Nigeria.

Mr Ribadu and his running mate, Fola
Adeola, accompanied by other party leaders, entered the venue of the
campaign rally along Iworoko Road at about 3.55pm. He said he would fix
the country’s economy if he becomes the president

“ACN is changing Nigeria and is going to
kick the PDP out of the country,” he said. “I represent the youth
generation; a young man is taking over the country after 2011. If we are
elected, we are going to provide employment, build hospitals, create
wealth, build industries to take care of the youths. PDP have destroyed
Nigeria by its inability to impact on the lives of the people in the
last 12 years.

We are going to focus on peace and
unity, provide security. This will not be a great task to achieve
because of my experience in the public service and that of my running
mate, Mr Fola Adeola, in the private sector. PDP has destroyed Nigeria.
They have stolen our money, and now, we should come together and rescue
our nation.”

A revolution

Two PDP members in
the House of Assembly, Adebayo Morakinyo and Femi Adeleye, representing
Ikole 1 and Ido/Osi 2 constituencies respectively, defected to the ACN.
Former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, said youth revolution has
entered Nigeria, calling on all and sundry to embrace the progressive
revolution and chase away the PDP out of Nigeria. He regretted that the
ruling PDP has not been able to proffer lasting solution to the
lingering crisis of poor power supply in Nigeria.

“God will deliver Nigeria the way it delivered the Babylon,” he said.
“PDP has become a disaster to this country. When the former President
Olusegun Obasanjo got to power in 1999, he promised to provide stable
power in six months, but did nothing after eight years. This was a
confirmation of my belief that the PDP is a power disaster party.”