Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed happiness over the declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari to re-contest election in 2019 for a second term, saying that he is set to witness his downfall.
The party, through its National Secretary, Senator Umar Ibrahim Tsauri said that God has answered their prayers for Buhari to experience his downfall.
Tsauri who spoke to The Sun today, Monday in Katsina said: “the President’s decision is a welcome development as far as we are concerned in the PDP because that means Buhari will personally witness his defeat and that of his APC.
“We are confident that he is already a loser, so, defeating him at the polls will be a non- issue.
“Our only concern is that he should be team player and gentleman enough to concede defeat at the appropriate time.
“He should be willing to surrender to us when he loses the election in 2019. We are so confident that whoever we eventually bring out to contest with him will defeat President Buhari.
“We are not afraid of his decision because election is like the game of football. The better side wins the match and the weaker side loses. The PDP is the better side in the circumstances and we will defeat Buhari or any other candidates for that matter.
“The election sequence does not matter to us, whether the presidential election comes first of last. We are going to support the position of the National Assembly on the matter. The most important thing for us is that Buhari is contesting and we are going to defeat him.”
The party’s spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, also in a statement, dismissed Buhari ‘s declaration for a second term as APC internal affairs.
Olongbondiyan said: “until he becomes the candidate of the APC, we will not spend precious time on his mere show of interest.
“His declaration has placed him among the ranks of presidential aspirants seeking to be the President of the Federal Republic from May 29, 2019.”
