‘I May Not Be Perfect, But Buhari Is A Real Gamble That Is Not Worth Taking’

Ahead of the Saturday’s presidential election, President Goodluck Jonathan has described Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as a gamble that is not worth taking by Nigerians.

Jonathan issued his warning in an interview with online news medium, The Cable, which was published on March 26, 2015.

Speaking with a correspondent, the president stated that although he could not claim to be perfect, majority of Nigerians would still prefer him to Buhari.

“I don’t think Nigerians will make the mistake of voting for Buhari.

“Gen. Buhari, with due respect, is not the right option for Nigeria at this time. It is a gamble that is not worth taking.

“I may not be perfect as nobody is perfect. But I believe that come Saturday, the majority of Nigerian voters will choose me as the best candidate to lead the nation forward.”

According to the president, the APC was being overrated, and only Saturday’s election would test its popularity against the PDP.

“You should remember the Ekiti governorship election last year. Before the election, many people were saying APC would win by a landslide. But we in the PDP were busy mobilising the grassroots, going from village to village, from town to town.

“The result shocked everybody, apart from us at the PDP. I am not underrating APC, but I think they are grossly overrated.

“We shall meet on the field. That is where we will test our true strengths. We are fully ready. You will soon see,” the president stated.

Goodluck Jonathan said that Lagos State remained the real battlefield between the two parties in the South West, adding that recent development had shown him that the PDP was taking a new shape in the state.

“Ekiti and Ondo are already controlled by PDP. I don’t see APC winning Oyo and Ogun.

“And from the last governorship election in Osun, you could see that the gap between PDP and APC was very narrow, judging from the figures.

“Other factors will still be at play and the best you can say for now is that Osun is a tossed-up state, as Americans call it.

“The real battleground is Lagos, and if you have been following events closely, the PDP is reborn in Lagos. Wait and see how Lagosians will vote,” the president concluded.

A day before the election Goodluck Jonathan used his last chance to ask Nigerians to vote for him. In his Facebook statement the president President Jonathan in his statement via official Facebook account stressed the key achievements of the PDP-led government and explained why Nigerians should cast their votes for his re-election bid.

Meanwile, the president’s main opponent, Muhammadu Buhari, also took the last opportunity to address electorate.