Why I congratulated Buhari–AGA Candidate

&NewLine;<p><br> <em><strong>Barrister Chuks Nwachukwu&comma; a Principal Partner at Indemnity Partners was the Presidential candidate of All Grassroots Alliance&comma; AGA&comma; in the February 23&comma; 2019 general elections&period;<br> In this interview with OpenLife Senior Staff Writer&comma; Isaac Ngumah&comma; he lays bare his experience at the poll and other national issues<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br> <strong>What is your assessment of the 2019 general election that have come and gone&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In the election&comma; there were determined efforts by Nigerians to bring a change on the leadership of the country but that effort has been upstaged by the electioneering process&period;<br> Though I was a presidential candidate&comma; I did step down two weeks to the time to support Atiku for this purpose of a coalition of Nigerians who are informed&comma; who are enlightened&comma; who really cared about this country more than they cared about themselves<br> So&comma; those of us that supported Atiku care about the country and we care about the future of the country&period;<br> <strong>Now that the elections have come and gone and a winner has been declared&comma; do you see a victory for Nigeria&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>I don’t at all&comma; Nigeria was defeated in the election&period; This is a country that was struggling to put itself up and it was pushed down&period;<br> In fact it was not Atiku that was defeated&comma; it was Nigeria that was defeated because I participated as a presidential candidate&period;<br> Nigeria was defeated by enemies of Nigeria who care only for themselves&period; <br> Those who deceived the people&comma; those of them that supported the southeast are benefiting from ignorance&comma; raising up issues to raise the ignorant motions of the people and avoiding the main issues of underdevelopment and poverty&period; <br> <strong>As a presidential candidate of your party have you sent congratulatory message to the President&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>I have not written him personally but I have on my own blog&comma; in my own platform on social media&comma; congratulated him&period; I congratulated him that he won in the opinion of INEC&period; That victory is being questioned in the court as we speak&period;<br> I don’t have anything personally against Buhari but I see him benefiting from ignorance&comma; I see him benefiting from deceit and I see that he doesn’t have anything good for the nation&period; It is not that he is malicious against the nation but in some respects I believe he is malicious against the nation like the issues of herdsmen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;