Abdulmumin Jibrin, a member of
the house of representatives from Kano state, says at least four governors in
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are working with the All Progressives
Congress (APC) ahead of the 2019 election.
The lawmaker said the governors,
whose identities he did not disclose, have a “cross-party arrangement” with the
APC.
Addressing journalists in Abuja
on Wednesday, Jibrin said: “At the moment, not less than four to five PDP
governors are working in a cross-party arrangement to support the APC in the
next presidential election.”
He added that the ruling party is
“not shaking” despite losing many of its key members in the last one week.
The party has lost 46 members of
the national assembly and three governors to the opposition since last week,
with more lawmakers reportedly plotting to leave.
Jibrin, however, said adequate
measures were being put in place to ensure the party’s “strongholds remain
intact.”
“If the APC were presenting
another candidate other than President Muhammadu Buhari, I would have been a
bit jittery about the defections but there is this consensus within the party
with Buhari as our presidential candidate,” he said.
“Those people against Buhari in
Nigeria are just a group of elites with no electoral value. And so in the next
election is going to be between some sections of the elites verses the masses.”
‘NO NIGERIAN CAN MATCH BUHARI’S
ELECTORAL VALUE’
Jibrin said the president
currently has the “highest electoral value in the country and in the entire
Africa”, adding that his ability to bring Nigeria out of economic recession
last year is enough reason for him to seek re-election.
“When people say the economy is
going down, I get surprised. What indices are they using to make their
judgement?” he asked.
“The reality of the matter is
that the capacity of Buhari setting up a crack team, giving power to the CBN
and ministry of finance to battle the economic recession that would have
brought Nigeria to ground zero is enough for Buhari to contest the next
election.
“That was what former US
president Barrack Obama did. He came when there was economic crisis in America
and within two years, he was able to bring the country back on board. That was
what he used to get re-election.”
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