2019: Buhari, Tinubu A Dead Ticket For APC – Daika

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Former member of the House of Representatives and former speaker, Plateau State House of Assembly, George Daika says President Muhammadu Buhari will be defeated if he contests in 2019, alongside former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Daika said President Buhari’s re-election bid in 2019 does not pose a threat to the Peoples Democratic Party as Nigerians were tired of his inability to fulfil promises.

On reports that Tinubu would be Buhari’s running mate come 2019, Daika said he would never win as it was a ‘dead ticket on arrival’, describing the selection as worst decision of APC if taken.

“Buhari/Tinubu is already a ticket dead on arrival, that will be the worst decision and we are praying for that insensitive arrangement. We are waiting for whatever they want to do and Nigerians are prepared and ready to change the negative change for a better change that is why over 10, 000 APC members decamped recently in Katsina to PDP and many more are still coming.

“If Buhari is contesting election in 2019, I think that should not be a problem for us as a party; with his inability to fulfil any of his campaign promises, the hunger and hardship Nigerians are going through, it will be easy for PDP to push Buhari away if the right candidate emerges. I want to assure you that Buhari will find it extremely difficult, it is not going to be like 2015 where they used propaganda and all sorts of lies to deceived Nigerians against the PDP.

“Nigerians today have compared between PDP and APC and they know which way to go. With the current awareness in the country, it will be very difficult for Buhari to make any impact. If Buhari runs on the ticket of APC in 2019, PDP will have a free ride because, truly speaking, with Buhari as a candidate, it will just be a walk over for us. People who believed and sponsored Buhari’s campaign in 2015 are today disappointed, they have been chained from seeing the change, the change Buhari brought is a negative one and Nigerians are not prepared for Buhari in 2019”, he said.

Daika speaking with Sun said former vice president Atiku would beat Buhari in the North if he emerged as PDP presidential candidate.

“I believe with the current happening in the country, Atiku can beat Buhari in his home state. We have seen people decamping from APC to PDP and that shows clearly that Nigerians are tired of APC.

“I believed PDP can defeat APC in Katsina, you could see it even when former President Goodluck Jonathan went on a condolence visit to Kano, you saw the overwhelming crowd that came out to received him at the airport, chanting songs, we want you back, we want you back’ and that was because Nigerians are really suffering and they are yearning for the return of PDP.

“I want to say it here that we have to be careful during our presidential primaries so that we will not introduce issue that led us to lose the election in 2015. PDP has all it takes to win the presidential election, all aspirants should be given a level playing ground, there should be no imposition, politics of money bags should be avoided, and we should allow the people to decide whoever they want, with this, certainly we will bounce back in 2019.

“It is my desire that aspirants from the north central should be accommodated; the contest should be narrowed down to North Central and North East who have not produced a democratically elected president in the country before”, he added.

Source: http://dailypost.ng/2018/01/05/2019-buha...apc-daika/