A chieftain of the
People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ebenezer Babatope, on Thursday said
the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, will win the
2019 election. Babatope, a former Minister of Transport, said he is
confident that Atiku will defeat President Muhammadu Buhari to return PDP
to power.
Buhari, the candidate
of the All Progressives Congress (APC), defeated former President Goodluck
Jonathan in 2015 to break the PDP’s 16-year rule. He said Atiku is an
experienced politician with the capacity, credentials and clout to win and
return power to PDP. “Atiku is the new face of the PDP. It is time for the
party to win back power because I am confident Atiku will win… My
confidence is based on his political experience from being the founder of
the PDM with late Yar’adua to being the Vice-President where he did very
well.
“He also has national
appeal as he is a detribalised Nigerian with successful businesses all
over. He is a bridge builder, a man with great capacity and passion to
lead.
“Atiku
is the next president. Our People want him. He will rescue Nigeria, I am
so sure he will win,” he said.
Asked
if the former vice-president did not have the ascribed qualities when he
failed in his past attempts to be president, Babatope said everyone has
his appointed time. He noted that Buhari also failed in his past attempts under
different parties to be president until 2015 when he emerged under APC.
Babatope said 2019 is
the destined year for Atiku’s presidency and that Nigerians will be better
for it.
He
said the selection of former governor Peter Obi of Anambra State
as Atiku’s running mate will improve the party’s victory margin in
the election.
He
added that the APC has failed Nigerians and that the PDP will return in
2019 “to restore hope”.
Babatope
said though the South-West PDP is not in the zoning equation of the party
for now, he believes the region will gain massively at the end of the day.
“We
know how we do our things in the party to favour everybody. For now, we
are preparing for the election, by the time we win, I am sure the
South-West PDP will gain big from the power arrangement,” he said.
With the current economic situation in the country, it is obvious that Atiku will win the 2019 election and return nigeria to its pride of place among the comity of nations... PDP has already won.
ReplyDeleteBoth international and local odds are in favour of ATIKU for the 2019 elections. he alone can get nigeria working again. i stand with Atiku.
ReplyDeleteNigerians are well aware of what is happening in the country. so we will vote out APC.
ReplyDeleteChief Ebenezer Babatope well said , and Nigerians are standing strong behind Atiku, its a enough to the suffering and pain that this apc lead government has brought upon this country
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