President Goodluck Jonathan has described his
main contender, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu
Buhari (retd.) of the All Progressives Congress
as a gamble that is not worth taking by
Nigerians.
He said he did not think that Nigerians would
make the mistake of electing Buhari, who he
said was not the right option for the country
at this time.
Jonathan said this in an interview he granted
an online news medium, TheCable. The
interview was published on Thursday.
The President said while he could not claim to
be perfect, majority of Nigerians would still
prefer him to Buhari.
He said, “I don’t think Nigerians will make
the mistake of voting for Buhari.
“Gen. Buhari, with due respect, is not the
right option for Nigeria at this time. It is a
gamble that is not worth taking.
“I may not be perfect as nobody is perfect.
But I believe that come Saturday, the
majority of Nigerian voters will choose me as
the best candidate to lead the nation
forward.”
Jonathan also said the APC was being
overrated, saying the party would test its
popularity against the PDP on Saturday
(tomorrow).
“You should remember the Ekiti governorship
election last year. Before the election, many
people were saying APC would win by a
landslide. But we in the PDP were busy
mobilising the grassroots, going from village
to village, from town to town.
“The result shocked everybody, apart from us
at the PDP. I am not underrating APC, but I
think they are grossly overrated.
“We shall meet on the field. That is where we
will test our true strengths. We are fully
ready. You will soon see,” the President
boasted.
Jonathan said Lagos State remained the real
battleground between the two parties in the
South West, saying he does not see the APC
winning Oyo and Ogun States.
He added that recent development had shown
him that the PDP was taking a new shape in
Lagos State.
The President said, “Ekiti and Ondo are
already controlled by PDP. I don’t see APC
winning Oyo and Ogun.
“And from the last governorship election in
Osun, you could see that the gap between
PDP and APC was very narrow, judging from
the figures.
“Other factors will still be at play and the
best you can say for now is that Osun is a
tossed-up state, as Americans call it.
“The real battleground is Lagos, and if you
have been following events closely, the PDP is
reborn in Lagos. Wait and see how Lagosians
will vote.”
The President said the choice of Prof. Yemi
Osinbajo as Buhari’s running mate would not
make any difference in the zone because like
Buhari, Osinbajo has never won an election
before.
Source: PunchNg
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