PDP, OBJ Coalition, Others Stand No Chance To Beat Buhari In 2019 – Adesina

Femi Adesina, Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, claims that no one stands a chance to defeat his principal in the 2019 election, if he decides to run.

Speaking to reporters during the weekend, Adesina said it will be too early for President Buhari to declare his intentions for next year’s election because he wants to prevent opponents from sabotaging the country.

He said Mr Buhari will keep his intentions at heart until his opponents can do less damage to the country.

The spokesman further accused those discouraging the president from running in the 2019 election, of having the intentions of sabotaging the country.

“You know the peculiarity of Nigeria particularly now. If the president speaks too early, it’s a problem. There is a lot of sabotage in the country,” Adesina said.

“You have also heard so many have said ‘don’t run.’ Because they know that if the president runs, other people should just run away because they don’t have the foggiest chance in hell to beat him.

“So, they want to discourage him from running. Now, if he tells you ‘I’m going to run,’ and elections are still one year away, it gives them one year to sabotage the entire country from all fronts – politically, socially, economically – they would throw everything at him just to dissuade him from running.

“So, when you know that, why then do you speak early? I think it makes a lot of sense for you then to keep things close to your chest till it is time for you to then say, ‘ok, I’m running’ by which time they can do less damage.”

President Buhari has not officially declared his intentions to seek a second term in office, but there are indications he will run in 2019.

Recall that when the President visited Benue State last week, he told the people that he might return to the state for campaign.