The national Chairman of the
ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, says his party is
confident of winning the 2019 election because Nigerians are not ready to give
the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a second chance.
Mr Oshiomhole stated this
Thursday in a short interview with State House correspondents at the
Presidential Villa Abuja after he met with President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo.
Mr Oshiomhole said although the
PDP had said they will be in power for 60 years and that if Nigerians rejected
them after just 16 years, it is a sign that the citizens are fed up with the
party.
“They wanted to do 60 years, but
they were terminated, no employer will recall an employee dismissed due to
gross misconduct and abuse of finances you don’t recall the employee back,” he
said.
The APC chairman said even after
their failure, “all that the PDP could do was to apologise through its National
Chairman, Uche Secondus”.
“I remember that the best
Secondus had to say was that he was apologising to Nigerian people and I have
not heard anybody say they have accepted the apology. People who have robbed
you, they don’t apologise and say allow me back into your store room, you don’t
do that,” he said.
Mr Oshiomhole said even though
the APC is not perfect, nothing can make Nigerians get so confused “as to think
that yesterday there was mismanagement and those who were at the heart of that
mismanagement can be entrusted with providing leadership for tomorrow”.
“I don’t think that is the
question at all. PDP is out of this calculation as far as I am concerned. PDP
is just not an option particularly when their candidate is not a new face.”
Why Atiku Doesn’t Deserve Presidency
Mr Oshiomhole also said the
candidate of the PDP, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar does not deserve the
votes of Nigerians.
He said Mr Abubakar had been part
of the PDP years and does not, therefore, deserve “the benefit of the doubt”.
“You can give benefit of the
doubt to a stranger, not to someone who was at the heart, perhaps one of the
most powerful vice president we have ever had. So I am clear that Nigeria will
never ever have a basis to give PDP the benefit of the doubt,” he said.
The APC chairman also spoke about
the kick off of the party’s presidential campaign slated for Friday at Akwa
Ibom State.
He said the choice of South-south
geopolitical zone as the first rally by Mr Buhari is “particularly
significant”.
“From all the feelers, we have, I
think the people of Akwa Ibom State are anxious to receive Mr. President and to
hear the message. We are all in good mood,” he said.
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