Hon Abdulmumini Jibrin, the
lawmaker representing Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency of Kano State on the
platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has stated the party’s chance
of retaining power in 2019 is bright with President Muhammadu Buhari as its
candidate.
He also spoke on defections of
former members to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
In an interview with Daily Trust,
Jibrin said: “I think if the APC would be presenting another candidate other
than President Buhari, I would have been a bit jittery but there is this
consensus within the party and we are just waiting for the timetable just to do
the formalities and adopt Buhari as the candidate.
“With Mr. President as the
candidate of the APC, we are not threatened by all the people leaving the
party. For so many reasons, we are so lucky that we have Comrade Adams
Oshiomhole as the chairman of the party.
“He has been doing extremely
well. In fact, he has been reaching out to everyone, holding series of meetings
and persuading people to stay.
“During election periods, these
problems are normal. It is not unique to only APC as that was the case in 2015,
2011, and 2007. All the time, when there is a build-up to the general elections
you have these kinds of problems.
“To say that the APC would
disintegrate or crumble is absolutely false. As people are going, people are
also coming in. But because people are leaving the ruling party, they make it
big news.
“A lot of other people from even
the opposition are coming in. At the moment, no fewer than four to five PDP
governors are working in a cross-party arrangement to support the APC.
“There has been a lot of inflow
from the South-east. You have people like Orji Uzor Kalu and a lot of prominent
people in the South-east.
“They also understand that it is
an opportunity for the South-east to put up a good show for the APC and stand a
chance of competing for the presidency after Buhari serves his second term.
“So I am very confident that APC
isn’t going to confront any challenge.”
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