Ovation Publisher, Dele Momodu
has shared his conversation with the Senate President Bukola Saraki about the
2019 election, President Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC)
national leader, Bola Tinubu, among others.
Momodu made the revelation on
Saturday in an article entitled, “How Saraki plans to defeat Buhari in 2019”.
Momodu said he and Saraki spoke
during the Eid El Kabir festival, in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
He recalled that the presidential
aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) expressed
confidence that he would defeat Buhari in 2019 and that he dared the president
to a debate.
Momodu wrote: “Saraki’s roadmap
to victory is simple. Buhari is going to play the usual ethnic card that only a
candidate from North West can win a Presidential election in Nigeria. Saraki
feels otherwise. He believes that the pro-restructuring crusaders now have an
opportunity to make the Presidency available to other Nigerians. He concedes
that it may be difficult for any candidate from North West and North East to
compete or beat Buhari hands down, despite the fact that PDP parades more
experienced politicians and competent aspirants.
“What is then needed is to keep
North Central on lockdown with a popular candidate from that zone. With the
support of PDP stalwarts from the other two Northern zones, Buhari’s votes
would be whittled down to make up the requisite percentages in terms of spread
but no more. He believes that it may be a waste of time and resources trying to
compete in the President’s traditional enclave other than to strive to get up
to 25%. PDP should instead focus on mobilising the forces from the opposite
direction and lockdown four out of the six geo-political zones.
“Saraki says he is well-positioned
to make this happen. With one leg in the North and another in the South,
especially the South West, the people would have a higher stake in the
Presidency and this will galvanise more passionate voters. If the PDP presents
just anyone, there may be voter apathy and Buhari would coast home to victory.
As to where his deputy will come from, it would have to be from the
South-East/South-south axis, since he has already covered the South West,
technically. Theoretically, this would ignite enthusiasm in that region. He
believes the APC has played into his hands somehow by this calculation.
“According to Saraki, the only
reason Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been fighting him is because he wants to
take over from Buhari in 2023. “Where does that then leave the Igbo people who
have not been able to produce any Vice President or President since Dr Alex
Ekwueme in 1979-1983?” In simple Arithmetic “PDP needs a candidate who can
block the South West and the South East simultaneously since Buhari will still
run with Osinbajo…” This race is getting mathematically interesting and the
Saraki option is looking feasible, I thought. However, Saraki said he was only
just starting. He said those days are gone when an individual can instruct
people to go out and vote as if they have no minds of their own.
“He plans to challenge and tackle
Buhari strictly on issues and not pettiness, which he sees to be the current
order of the day. He said the world is driven today by knowledge and not by
crude force. He said he is better informed on how to resurrect the comatose
economy which collapsed because of the over-simplistic and myopic handling of
affairs since Buhari took over. “Any student of elementary economics would know
that a country can never develop in an atmosphere of obsession for
scaremongering, instability, uncertainty, Stone Age policies… Nigeria urgently
needs a unifier in deed and not in words… I’m one of the most cosmopolitan
leaders around today with every sense of modesty…”
“Saraki is looking forward to a
serious debate between him, Buhari and other candidates on every aspect of
daily life in Nigeria. “If Buhari likes, he can stay at home and do the debate
by Skype or whatever, but moving forward, we must discuss Nigeria
publicly…Anyone wanting to lead a country as important as Nigeria in this
century must be someone who can ably represent us in the comity of nations and
has a grasp of modern ways of life.”
“Saraki says he has matured with
time in various offices and his cumulative executive and legislative experiences
are almost second to none in the country… ‘You can see this in the way I have
conducted the affairs of the Senate, and we are easily the best, but for the
occasional and unfortunate distractions from people who see me as serious
threat to their personal ambition. They had to feed the President with lies and
destroy our relationship. I did all I could to support the government, but I
was constantly harassed and treated like a pariah by those desperate to keep a
firm grip on Nigeria…’ But he continues to see the positive side of his
travails. ‘Perhaps, I would not have declared interest in this race, but they
kept pushing me away, demonising me for no reason, but, inadvertently, they
made me very popular by their action and some of those who never liked me
started pitying me as a victim of oppression.”
Rubbish talk and a waste of time reading it.Dele Momodu with this yourpomo mouth and a tongue that never speaks the truth ,just go back Ghana already.
ReplyDeleteSad that we have come to this pass, when outright crooks would be laying claims to the presidency of this great nation.
ReplyDeleteSaraki, may I ask you what happened to millions of depositors fund with Society General bank?
Wonders shall never end in Nigeria politics. These politicians must be taken us for a ride. As if we don't have since if reasoning and judgment. Saraki of all people. Deceitful, stinkingly corrupt, arrogant and heavy thuggery builder and sponsorship. Unless, ALLAH does not love this country will you be given chance to inpulve
ReplyDeleterise Nigeria as you did Kwara state.
Story!Dele is now the chief strategist of ole Saraki. It will not work in PDP not to talk of Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteStory!Dele is now the chief strategist of ole Saraki. It will not work in PDP not to talk of Nigeria.
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