2019: Obasanjo’s Coalition Will End Buhari’s Political Career – Okupe

Doyin Okupe, former public affairs adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has predicted that the Coalition for Nigeria Movement of former President Olusegun Obasanjo will end President Muhammadu Buhari’s political career in 2019.

Okupe said only such strong coalition staged by Obasanjo can uproot a “towering figure” like President Buhari in the 2019 presidential election.

Speaking to newsmen on Saturday, the ex-presidential adviser said the All Progressives Congress (APC) has failed Nigerians and that any attempt to re-elect Buhari in 2019 will spell doom for the country.

He said, “It is absolutely impossible to oppose the incumbent especially a towering figure like President Muhammadu Buhari and hope to defeat him.

“To defeat Buhari will require an exact repeat of what Bola Tinubu and others were able to do with the APC in 2014 by creating a broad platform encompassing the political majority in the country.

“This strong coalition will present a candidate to contest against Buhari with the hope of being able to win.”

Okupe added that, “We recognise the fact that the APC has not done well. We are convinced that the decision by Buhari to contest again will not augur well for the country. To allow the APC to win means Buhari will continue and that would not be in the interest of Nigerians.”