​​I​’​ll ​defeat Buhari​ – Jonathan boasts



President Goodluck Jonathan remains confident he will win a second term despite the growing popularity of his main challenger, Muhammadu Buhari.

With elections less than two weeks away, Mr. Jonathan told the BBC in an interview that he has nothing to worry about, as his ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, remains the strongest party in Nigeria despite Mr. Buhari’s All Progressives Congress, APC’s widespread support.



“I will surely win it… My party is still the strongest party,” the president said.

The interview was published Friday, a day after the chairman of PDP, Adamu Mu’azu, admitted the surging popularity of the opposition meant his party cannot secure a landslide in the presidential, parliamentary and governorship elections.

Mr. Mu’azu however expressed confidence that the PDP will “perform creditably”.

“Our major concern in the Peoples Democratic Party is not to allow the country to be hijacked by desperadoes masquerading as purveyors of good governance, who promise heaven and earth to the people without any intention of fulfilling their election promises in the name of change,” the PDP chairman said in a statement Thursday.

“While I do not see a landslide victory coming, I am convinced that our party will perform creditably in the Southwest and the North of Nigeria and elsewhere in all the elections this year because the evidence is clear that despite our travails at the beginning, we have done very well over the past fifteen years of our nascent democracy since 1999 to record victory. Those who disbelieve our resilience will be surprised for victory is ours.”

In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC, Mr. Jonathan repeated his comments that he believed the abducted Chibok school girls are alive since the jihadist sect, Boko Haram, has not shown they had been killed.

“We have not seen dead girls that is the good news. I believe they are still alive, I believe we will get them,” he said.

The president said the Nigerian military will hopefully recover the remaining territories under Boko Haram control in less than a month.

He said the group has grown weaker with the government’s renewed drive that has seen the military reclaim several towns held by the terror group.

“I’m very hopeful that it will not take us more than a month to recover the old territories that hitherto have been in [Boko Haram’s] hands,” Mr. Jonathan said.

“We never expected that [Boko Haram] will build up that kind of capacity. We under-rated their external influence. Since after the civil war we’ve not fought any war, we don’t manufacture weapons, so we had to look for help to re-equip our army and the air force.”

On violence during his presidency, Mr. Jonathan said he took responsibility for “whatever goes wrong”.

“Whatever goes right, I take the glory,” he said. “Whenever I hear that somebody dies in Nigeria… I feel pain, because they are all Nigerians.”
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  1. Useless president. U're just a dreamer. Sai Buhari

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    1. Anon10:19PM u and ur entire family will never do good in ur life and may ur life be ruined like d way dt useless president has ruined d lives of people wit his incompetent. U're a bastard abd born by mistake

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  2. Bros Jona, don't mind those SW Oba's and OPC, they only collect your Dolla they know you can't 30% of vote in SW. Even Mimiko knows you can't Win they only see you as national cake for now.

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    1. Whyb r u all talking like this expect surprises cos Jona no bi man made na God sent , He has done it before and will do it with great determination again by March 28 and Buhari will collapse watch out. Carry go Jonathan , Nigerians are ready to vote you again.

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  3. It's not fight.... It's by vote! And by vote, Jona will not win! Buhari will be the next president of the federal republic of Nigeria May 29th.

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    1. Hello please wake up to reality. GEJ will win because Nigerians will vote for him

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  4. Jonathan will win, as long as card readers are not allowed. If card readers are allowed, sorry brother Jonah.

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    1. GEJ will win with or without card reader

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  5. Jonathan better stop to deceive your self. You are going back to creek. It's already shows that, you can never win. All those are behind you are just taking your money and to deceive you. You misused your chance. Majority of Nigerians don't want you any more. Just start parking your load.

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    1. You err in saying people are just taking his money. Which money? Does the money belong to Jonathan? So the correct statement is " all those behind you are just taking our money".

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    2. Hello bros: which money are you talking about. No one gave me any money. This is just to let you know that so many Nigerians will vote for GEJ without collecting money from him.

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  6. All this APC e-rats! Mechi kwa nunu onu! Haba! You guys are always fighting on line and off line! You don't win elections via violence.. you guys should relax till next sunday! It's not far! You only have one single pvc!

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  7. Funny enough those who do not wish jona to win do not have pvc. How do you then vote him out.

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    1. Oga stop deceiving urself...we ve our pvcs.

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    2. i have mine too. and all my friend s have theirs as well.

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  8. "Since after the civil war we’ve not fought any war, we don’t manufacture weapons". Jst looj at the thinking and ways this are done in Nigeria. Shouldn't we be ready and be equipped to face at any threat at any time? So because we are nt fighting any war it means we don't need weapons and our soldiers shld go to sleep. All the billion budget to defence where then has it been going? May God help this nation

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    1. You should ask the aboki generals

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  9. uncle jona u don win carry go. fake illiterate buhari will cry again

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  10. Nigerians are now celebrating the exist of mumu GCON king Nebuchadnezzar and his queen jezebel,Nigeria's notorious enemies

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    1. talk about yourself only. Say my enemy and not Nigerian enemy because a lot of Nigerian still love him

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  11. All of you young people supporting Buhari is because you have not experience him before, but we that have seen this man before are advising you to beware of Buhari before he kills you and support Good man-GEJ and enjoy peace in your various homes. Vote for GEJ , Vote PDP for peaceful Nigeria.

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    1. Fat lie...talking like my grandfather..mr experience...

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    2. Story for d gods

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    3. Since you experienced him, good for you we also want to experience him as well, and for the record i have those who experienced him and are so willing to bring him back on board, so please keep your experience to yourself.

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    4. Do not worry you need to experience him alone with me at a distance laughing at your foolishness. I will not vote for PDP but GEJ

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  12. If you did what you were suppose to do in your first term in office, you won't even be afraid of Buhari, but too bad you forgot the pple that voted you into office.

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    1. Do not worry, Buhari would be worst

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  13. God have answered Nigeria's prayer.evil will not prevail over good.neither darkness over light.Buhari have no place in nigeria anymore
    too late.go back to daura.Jeg is light bh is darknes.jeg is good buhari is evil.he will never rule us again.mr socalled good we don't need u.Buhari is a jihadis we don't need pple like him in position of authority bcos naijabis a secular state.Buhari have an islamic and northern agenda.repent and give ur heart to jesus christ.his heart is full of evil its writen all over his face.Nigerians will say noo for d fouth time to a despot

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  14. When they mobilise them you will see them online again just like Gani Adams and some of his misguided miscreants.
    The electorate shall express their power soon and GEJ shall go back to Otuoke. The new King will be installed

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  15. jona dose not deserve second tenure guys.He did not perform simple.

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  16. every body is blaming Jona Jona let him be. he must finish his tenure if others could finish theirs why would his own be different because he is not hausa.

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