Buhari can’t win in Northeast
Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim (Yobe East), said at the weekend that President Muhammadu Buhari cannot win in the six states in the Northeast in the presidential election.
Ibrahim, who spoke at his book launch in Abuja on Saturday,
said Nigerians are worse off under the Buhari administration in the last three and half years than they were throughout the 16 years reign of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP).
The 70-year-old senator’s outburst was, however, a clear departure from his earlier assessment of President Buhari’s chances in 2019.
Ibrahim, while interacting with members of the Senate Press Corps in May spoke glowingly about the virtues of President Buhari and his big strides in security, the anti-corruption war and the economy.
He predicted a straight win for the Buhari/Osinbajo ticket, stressing that he had decided to shelve his own 2019 presidential ambition in recognition of President Buhari’s performance.
Ibrahim, who is serving a third term in the Senate, was seeking to return to the upper legislative house in 2019, but pulled out of the Yobe East ticket bid for outgoing Governor Ibrahim Geidam.
He was governor of Yobe State three times from 1991 to 1992 and from 1999 to 2007.
Senator Ibrahim’s wife Khadijat, is Minister of State (Foreign Affairs) and a candidate of the APC for House of Representatives in Yobe State. She defeated one of Senator Ibrahim’s sons for the ticket.
The senator pointed out that the 2015 election was the very first time that the Northeast opted to support Buhari, who is from the Northwest zone.
According to him, the two zones had never been in the same political camp since the time of political party formation in the 1950s.
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