Buhari is like a risk not worth taking~JONATHAN

President Goodluck Jonathan has described his main contender, Maj.
Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) of the All Progressives Congress as a
risk that is not worth taking by Nigerians.
The president said he did not think that Nigerians would make the
mistake of electing Buhari, who he said was not the right option for
the country at this time.
He said this in an interview he granted an online news medium,
TheCable. The interview was published on Thursday.
Pres Goodluck Jonathan said while he could not claim to be perfect,
majority of Nigerians would still prefer him to Buhari.
He added, "I don't think Nigerians will make the mistake of voting for Buhari.
"Gen. Buhari, with due respect, is not the right option for Nigeria at
this time. It is a gamble that is not worth taking.
"Noboby is perfect and I may not be perfect as well. But I believe
that come Saturday, the majority of Nigerian voters will choose me as
the best candidate to lead the nation forward."
The president also said the APC was being overrated, saying the party
would test its popularity against the PDP on Saturday.
Remember the Ekiti governorship election last year. Before the
election, many people were saying APC would win by a landslide. But we
in the PDP were busy mobilising the grassroots, going from village to
village, from town to town.
"The outcome of the result astonished everybody, apart from us at the
PDP. I am not underrating APC, but I think they are grossly overrated.
"We shall meet on the field. That is where we will test our true
strengths. We are fully ready. You will soon see," the President
boasted.
Jonathan said Lagos State remained the main battlefield between the
two parties in the South West, saying he does not see the APC winning
Oyo and Ogun States.
Jonathan added that recent development had shown him that the PDP was
taking a new shape in Lagos State.
The President said, "Ekiti and Ondo are already controlled by PDP. I
don't see APC winning Oyo and Ogun.
"And from the last governorship election in Osun, you could see that
the gap between PDP and APC was very narrow, judging from the figures.
"Other factors will still be at play and the best you can say for now
is that Osun is a tossed-up state, as Americans call it.
"The main battlefied to look out for is Lagos, and if you have been
following events closely, the PDP is reborn in Lagos. Wait and see how
Lagosians will vote."
Pres Goodluck said the choice of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as Buhari's
running mate would not make any difference in the zone because like
Buhari, Osinbajo has never won an election before.
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