We Are Very Confident Buhari Will Be Reelected This Year – APC

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday said it was going into the new year confident that President Muhammadu Buhari would be re-elected by appreciative Nigerians at the February poll.

But Kola Ologbondiyan, the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said – based on current developments in the country and the mood of Nigerians who were disenchanted with President Buhari – there was no way APC could win in 2019 except by rigging and banditry.

Speaking with Daily Independent, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, APC’s National Publicity Secretary, said Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the PDP, could not win the election because Nigerians would not want to go back to the past.

According to Issa-Onilu, the year 2019 holds a lot of promises as President Buhari would use it to consolidate on the foundations he had laid so far in the areas of his three cardinal programmes, which are revamping the economy, fighting corruption, and securing the nation from attacks.

He said: “Our expectation is very high in 2019, especially as regards the presidential election. We are confident that President Muhammadu Buhari and APC will emerge victorious.