Festus Keyamo, the spokesman of
the Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation, says the Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya
did not debate, yet he won the presidential elections.
Keyamo said Buhari’s campaign war
room will be the ones to decide, collectively with the president, if he would
be debating ahead of the 2019 presidential elections.
“In the past, Buhari has taken
active part in televised debate, so nobody can argue that he is somebody who is
camera shy,” Keyamo said, while speaking on Arise TV on Monday.
“So the decision, whether he
would take part this time must be a collective decision of the entire ‘war
room’. Giving, for example, those who are organising it and all the
circumstances taken into consideration.
“I do take as a basic rule that
the Nigerian people must hear from their candidates, but the decision as to yes
or no cannot be my sole decision.
“The advice will be a collective
decision, it is not my advise alone. Don’t forget that you cannot take these
things in isolation of the circumstances.
“For instance, it happened in
Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta refused to take part in debate December last year. Why?
He felt the process was skewed.
“At times, some things are
designed and you know that they are core people there, who are hostile to
government or who are hostile to your candidate as the case may be.
“Either way, Uhuru Kenyatta did
not take part in the debate, but he won. He won resoundingly. So, as important
as that is, at times the people may also understand.”
‘APC DEBATED IN OSUN, PDP RAN TO
DANCE’
Speaking about the Osun state
Guber elections held in September 2018, Keyamo said the All Progressives
Congress (APC) candidate debated, while his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart danced his way to 250,000
votes.
“Look at Osun state recently, I
mean, there was a neck-to-neck race and the candidate of the PDP ran away, he
was only dancing, and dancing took him to over 250,000 votes, almost becoming
governor,” Keyamo added.
He said Buhari’s strongest
campaign point is his ability to “squeeze water out of stone”.
The senior advocate of Nigeria
(SAN) said Nigerians trust President Buhari, and if the PDP puts this in
perspective, Atiku Abubakar would quit his campaign and concede the 2019
election “tonight”.
The Nigerian Election Debate
Group (NEDG) and Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) presidential
debate is scheduled to hold on January 19, 2019.
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Because Jubril will be exposed so your fake PMB will not engage in any debate. we know, you can't fool us
ReplyDeleteFor you to believe what scary chicken Nnamdi Kanu came to say after a year of hiding shows you’re dumb and a bigger fool
DeleteVery smart decision
ReplyDeleteWhether Buhari decides to debate or not, it makes no difference we would still vote for him
ReplyDelete