The coast may be getting clearer for Atiku Abubakar to win in North East of Nigeria in the 2019 Presidential election, as strong indications have emerged that the North Eastern states of Yobe, Borno, Bauchi, Gombe , Adamawa and Taraba may vote against the second term in office of Muhammadu Buhari as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress ( APC).
This was the candid opinion expressed by one of the political gladiators and Chieftains of the APC from the zone , Senator Bukkar Abba Ibrahim (Yobe East) in Abuja over the weekend where he declared that massive manipulations of results may not save Buhari from the imminent defeat as he insisted that Nigerians are terribly living in bondage and their conditions have worsen in last three and half years of Buhari’s administration compared to the 16 years of governance under the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) that spanned between May 1999- May 2015.
Senator Bukkar Ibrahim, a three term serving senator and former governor of Yobe State rocked the political boat of his party and second term ambition of President Muhammadu Buhari during the world- wide Internet Launch of his book ‘Poorlitics’ and 70th Birthday Celebration held at the Auditorium of Barcelona Hotel, Wuse 2, Abuja.
Senator Bukkar Ibrahim despite having his wife, Khadijat Ibrahim serving as Minister of State , Foreign Affairs under the APC led government of Buhari revealed this in a seventeen paragraphs written speech delivered at the occasion said the North East should not be taken for granted since its not a must that the region that has been ravaged by war should support Buhari from the North West as both zones only came together for the first time under one political umbrella in 2015 after several decades of party intrgieus, formations and democratic governance in the country from 1950s till the present political affairs of Nigeria.
”In fact, the politics of the North East has always been different from the politics of the North West and it was under APC that we all united for the first time. As we move towards the elections , I have to give a dire warning to the APC that things are no longer the way they were in 2015 when we rode to power on a cloud of euphoria believing that things will change for better.” Senator ibrahim said.
”Simply put, things have not changed and many things are getting worse and the people are bitter . We should not assume that we can win even with massive rigging.
”The economy has gone down because of our action and inaction and we are blaming the past too much rather than solving the present problems .
”I am going to give a dire warning. Let the North East not be taken for granted that we must support APC.
”Our interest in the North East has always been progressive and I will personally be watching for required improvements in the APC before the elections.
”Improvements that can guarantee victory such as respecting the rule of law and releasing political prisoners as well as unselective war against corruption as against one sided witch hunt”.
According to Senator Ibrahim, he insisted that if APC under Buhari did not get it right especially in the vital aspect of good governance before the 2019 general elections, the North East may consider other options and vote for candidate of another political parties and there is no denying the fact that Atiku Abubakar is a prominent son of the zone from Adamawa State who is the flagbearer of the PDP in the coming presidential election.
”I shall sit back and continue encouraging my party do the right thing . But if we don’t , I still reserve the capacity to ask my people to go our separate ways and do what must be done for good governance to reign in Nigeria ”, he boldly said.
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