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PDP: Winners And Losers! By SOC Okenwa

October 15, 2018

The likelihood of Buhari losing the presidential poll of February next year is as plausible as sunrise and sunset or summer and winter seasons all year round. But even when he retires against his volition Buhari would still be busy in his sleepy hometown tending to his many cows as a herdsman

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The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) organized its presidential primary in the garden city of Port Harcourt penultimate weekend. More than a dozen aspirants for the supreme office of President were vying for the golden opportunity that the 2019 general elections in Nigeria represent. That is, a vibrant opportunity to send the incumbent President Buhari to compulsory retirement against his obdurate will come next year.

The likelihood of Buhari losing the presidential poll of February next year is as plausible as sunrise and sunset or summer and winter seasons all year round. But even when he retires against his volition Buhari would still be busy in his sleepy hometown tending to his many cows as a herdsman and taking good care of his fragile health.

The outcome of the Port Harcourt convention is generally known. Atiku Abubakar, a veteran politician, 71, clinched the ticket to robustly challenge Buhari for Aso Rock. He polled 1,532 to beat the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, to a distant second position (693 votes). The Senate President, Bukola Saraki came third with 317 votes.

The 2019 presidential election would be very interesting indeed given the calibre of opposition pulling all strings to see to the defeat of the incumbent. The incumbent septuagenarian President is up against history. Whoever says the poll would be a walkover for PMB is deceiving himself. There is bound to be a stiff competition.

President Buhari's appalling vacuity and divagation has put many of his erstwhile fans and supporters off. His many failings ring a deafening bell from Katsina to Ihiala, Lagos to Abuja. And set tongues wagging as to his capacity to pilot the 'Naija' ship to a safe anchor or harbour. Truth be told he has performed poorly and his clannish disposition does not help matters. He is an apostle of nepotism and he belongs to the past!