Presidential candidate of Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party, ANRP, Tope Fasua, has said Nigerians are ready to spring surprises against the candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Bubari, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, in the 2019 presidential poll.
Fasua, who is currently on a trip overseas, stated this on Tuesday in a telephone interview with DAILY POST.
He said despite the conflicting predictions by various US think-tank groups in favour of Buhari and Atiku, the hardships in the country had pushed Nigerians to the point where they were willing to make revolutionary decisions with their votes.
The ANRP presidential candidate also said that the nation’s poor records on key development indices were brought about by the activities of the duo while acting in their capacities as sitting president and erstwhile vice-president, respectively.
His words: “I will say it is sad that these international agencies (the Economist, HSBC, and USIP) are pushing Nigerians to choose between the status quo, and the status quo ante.
“None of these bodies mean well for Nigerians because these are the same people who have effectively wrecked the Nigerian society and economy. I believe they are smarter than making such calls.
“The decision is left for Nigerians to take and I believe there will be upsets and surprised because we have reached an inflection point at which a revolutionary decision should be taken.
“Nigerian economy is dead today and disunity has never been this bad. We are officially the poorest nation on earth and the most unequal with 13.2million children walking around all over the nayion and especially from the zone where the two characters they are pushing hails from.
“We also have the highest maternal and child mortality rates in the world. What more do we need to know we are in deep trouble?
“These issues are a build up which was worsened and brought to a tragic denouement by the ineffective, absent and incompetent Buhari administration.
“People like Atiku laid the foundation, so, Nigerians don’t want either of them. That their names still feature is a testament to the weaponisation of poverty in our land as our people are so beaten down that they may make decisions that further jeopardise their own well-being.
“These agencies for the sake of humanity should not be pushing such terrible rhetoric.”
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