Ahead of the
Saturday’s presidential election, 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.
Buhari, a gamble not worth taking —Jonathan
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