People’s Democratic Party chieftain, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, on Thursday said the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar would win the 2019 election. Babatope, a former Minister of Transport, told said that he was confident that Atiku would defeat President Muhammadu Buhari to return PDP to power.
Buhari, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had defeated former President Goodluck in 2015 to break the PDP’s 16-year-rule and emerge president. Babatope said Atiku was an experienced politician and that he had the capacity, credentials and clout to win and return power to PDP.
“Atiku is the new face of the PDP. It is time for the party to win back power because I am confident Atiku will win. My confidence is based on his political experience from being the founder of the PDM with late Yar’adua to being the Vice-President where he did very well. He also has national appeal as he is a detribalised Nigerian with successful businesses all over. He is a bridge builder, a man with great capacity and passion to lead. Atiku is the next president. Our People want him. He will rescue Nigeria, I am so sure he will win,” he said.
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