Ezekwesili says Nigerian lives have become cheap under Buhari

The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr Oby Ezekwesili, has condemned President Muhammadu Buhari for cheapening Nigerian lives with his incompetence.

The former Minister of Education said this during an interview with The Guardian Life, published on Sunday, November 25, 2018.

The presidential candidate decried the spate of violence that has rocked the country and claimed thousands of lives in 2018 alone, noting that it has become worse under the current president.

She said, "This is a Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari where the primacy of the human life has been completely devalued...life is cheapened.

"The lives of Nigerians today are not any better because President Buhari became our president. As a matter of fact, the quality of lives has taken a significant beating."

The former minister said her decision to run for the presidency was fueled by her annoyance with the rhetoric that Nigerians have to always choose the lesser of two terrible choices from the ruling parties.

"I had to get to the place where listening to the political class say to us that we have to choose the lesser of two evils got me infuriated," she said.

2019 presidential election

The 2019 presidential election, scheduled for February 16, 2019, is billed to be closely-fought between President Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).

Alongside Ezekwesili in the chasing pack is Donald Duke of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Kingsley Moghalu of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), Fela Durotoye of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN), and Omoyele Sowore of the African Action Congress (AAC).

Others are Tope Fasua of the Abundance Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP), Eunice Atuejide of the National Interest Party (NIP), Adesina Fagbenro-Byron of the Kowa Party (KP), Chike Ukaegbu of the Advanced Allied Party (AAP), Hamza Al-Mustapha of the People's Party of Nigeria (PPN), Obadiah Mailafia of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), and many more.