PDP To Buhari: Be Ready To Concede Defeat In 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration to run for re-election in 2019 has been welcomed by the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Ibrahim Tsauri.

Tsauri, who thanked God for pushing Buhari to decide to seek re-election in 2019, said the president should be prepared to witness his own defeat in the upcoming presidential poll.

Speaking with The SUN, the PDP chieftain urged President Buhari to be kind enough to concede after he must have been defeated by the candidate of the main opposition party.

“The President’s decision is a welcome development as far as we are concerned in the PDP because that means Buhari will personally witness his defeat and that of his APC.

“We are confident that he is already a loser, so, defeating him at the polls will be a non- issue. Our only concern is that he should be team player and gentleman enough to concede defeat at the appropriate time. He should be willing to surrender to us when he loses the election in 2019. We are so confident that whoever we eventually bring out to contest with him will defeat President Buhari.

“We are not afraid of his decision because election is like the game of football. The better side wins the match and the weaker side loses. The PDP is the better side in the circumstances and we will defeat Buhari or any other candidates for that matter.

“The election sequence does not matter to us, whether the presidential election comes first of last. We are going to support the position of the National Assembly on the matter. The most important thing for us is that Buhari is contesting and we are going to defeat him,” the Tsauri.

Presidential spokesperson, Mallam Garba Shehu, said in a statement on Monday, that the president’s decision to seek re-election in office was hinged on “the clamour by Nigerians to re-contest in 2019”.