2019 presidency: Lai Mohammed speaks on Obasanjo’s support to Atiku
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- Dec 10, 2018
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Monday declared that President Muhammadu Buhari would defeat the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, despite his endorsement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Mohammed made the boast during a media briefing on the current developments in the polity in Abuja.
The Minister stated that while Obasanjo was entitled to support Atiku or any other candidate of his choice, Buhari had done enough to be handed a second term in 2019.
According to him, “With due respect to Obasanjo, it is his fundamental right to support any candidate of his choice and we hereby encourage and urge him to go all out and campaign vigorously for Atiku Abubakar and we wish him the best of luck in his choice and political pursuit. But we assure him that his candidate will be roundly and comprehensively defeated by Buhari.
“We want to place it on record that the Buhari government has done the best for this country in virtually all facets of governance and for this reason, we believe strongly that we have enough achievements to flaunt and win the forthcoming election with ease.
“We have it on record that the opposition is already jittery of Buhari’s imminent victory and has consequently resorted to using fake news to blackmail the president and our party in order to give excuse for the looming defeat.”
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