- Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has become politically weak
- He said he would easily defeat Buhari in 2019 general election
- He said Buhari has squandered the goodwill Nigerians accorded him during the 2015 elections
Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has said defeating President Muhammadu Buhari will be a cakewalk for him if the president runs against him in 2019.
Premium Times reports that Abubakar said Buhari has become politically weak after squandering the goodwill Nigerians accorded him during the 2015 elections.
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NAIJ.com gathered that Abubaka said: “I will definitely beat him this time. He has wasted a lot of his massive goodwill.”
The former vice-president was interviewed by Dele Momodu for his column which was published on Saturday, December 2, in The Boss Newspaper he publishes.
In the related development, Abubaka explained why he has been unable to enter the United States in the past few years.
There have been concerns that Abubakar was avoiding a trip to America because he fears a warrant was out for his arrest there.
But Abubakar, who is expected to run for president in 2019, said in an interview published by The Boss newspaper that he had actually made attempt to visit the U.S. but was denied on administrative grounds.
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“I applied, but wasn’t issued a visa. However, they did not decline me categorically either. They’ve only said my application is going through administrative process”, Abubakar said
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had previously reported that Dr Paul Unongo who is the chairman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has said that the north is undivided in its choice between President Muhammadu Buhari and Atiku Abubakar.
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Source: Naija.ng