By Godwin Okeh, Abakaliki
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, will not succeed in its plot to rig the 2019 general elections as Nigerians are ready to protect their votes.
Emmanuel Obasi, who is Campaign Director of Atiku Presidential Campaign in Ebonyi state, said this while addressing newsmen in Abakaliki, ahead of the scheduled presidential campaigns in the state.
He said: “Atiku is the next president of Nigeria come May 29th 2019 and he is going to win overwhelmingly. The is because Nigerians want change. Nigerians are tired of the failed APC government and because of this, everybody wants a breath of fresh air.
“Nigerians want to change from Buhari to Atiku Abubakar, so that things will change for better. The antecedents of Atiku shows that he will make a good leader.
Obasi, who is also the deputy principal secretary to Ebonyi state governor, however, accused APC government of rigging out former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 but claimed that there will be no rigging in 2019 because Nigerians are enlightened on how to protect their votes.
“Buhari told Nigerians that he would serve only one term and now he is desperate to go back. Nigerians shouldn’t be surprised that Buhari will even want to go for third team, if he has the opportunity.
“Jonathan was there in Aso Rock for five years and he wanted to go back, if not that he was rigged out. So, the issue is that the Igbo Presidency is something that we are certain that it will come. When Atiku Abubakar becomes the President and restructure Nigeria, then you will be sure that the next president will come from south east. If Nigeria is not restructured, Igbo Presidency which the APC government is promising will not work.
“There will be no rigging in the 2019 general election. The reason is that Nigerians are now wiser. Even if you will rig election, you will rig election with the desire of the people to make it work.
“In 2015, APC rigged election and it worked for them because Nigerians desired to test APC. Now they have tested and APC failed woefully, then Nigerians desired to test PDP back.
“You can’t rig election against the wishes of the people. Nigerians are now more enlightened than before. Moreover, we are talking about general election that will be contested in all part of the country at the same time. Whoever that is depending on rigging will be disappointed” he stated.
