Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar
will be contesting 2019 presidential election because of the failure of
President Muhammadu Buhari to deliver on the promises made to Nigerians
by the All Progressives Congress, Atiku Support Group has said.
The Director-General of the Atiku
Support Group, Mark Wosi, said this on Friday, while confirming the
intention of Atiku to contest the presidency in the 2019 election.
Wosi, in a telephone interview with Saturday PUNCH,
said Atiku would contest the 2019 presidential election because Buhari
did not deserve a second term in office. However, he did not state under
which party Atiku would contest.
The campaign arm of Atiku’s presidential
bid also said it was not surprised by the inability of Buhari to
deliver on the change the APC had promised to give Nigerians during
electioneering for the 2015 elections.
Wosi said that Buhari, other than his alleged claim to personal integrity, lacked leadership skills.
He said, “People are suffering; people
believed in you, but you disappointed them. There’s no doubt that our
principal, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, is coming out to
contest the Number one seat of our dear country in the 2019 presidential
election.”
Wosi also described Atiku as the most
viable alternative for Nigerians, saying, “He knows what the country
needs every time. Buhari is only prepared to take power but lacks the
know-how to govern.”
He, therefore, urged Nigerians to look
for someone with the political clout and experience like Atiku, who he
said was prepared to lead because of his good grasp of the economy and
the challenges besetting the country.
He said, “That is why we are talking
about capacity and capability. There’s no doubt he (Buhari) has
integrity, but he lacks leadership qualities. The man is good; there’s
no doubt about that. But that’s where Nigerians are missing it. Somebody
that cannot manage his cow farm behind his backyard, as the size of the
cattle showed no progress. How do you expect him to manage a country of
close to 200 million people?”
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