A former close ally of President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Chairman of the Reformed All Progressives Congress, R-APC, Alhaji Buba Galadima, said sequel to the grand coalition that Buhari will lose the 2019 presidential election.
He said that since he led a splinter group out of the APC, the R-APC members had been receiving death threat messages and messages of solidarity from across the world.
Galadima said that President Buhari “is destined to lose the 2019 election and lose his deposit.”
The former ally to the President, who claimed that he knew Buhari so well, said that if the President knew what awaited him, it would have been better for him not to go into electoral contest as a candidate in 2019.
He said, “Let us not forget that the man we will be facing is a military general. We are ready, prepared to take on this fight despite their intimidation and threats.
“I know him but if I were his adviser, I would tell him not to contest.”
He warned that those who signed the alliance might become rich overnight if they chose to betray the cause, alleging that the ruling party had set aside a huge sum of money to bribe them.
He also said that members of the coalition would be harassed and intimidated, warning that Buhari, being a retired general, would not go down without a serious fight.
A former governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, who spoke on behalf of the ADC, described the coalition as “an assignment from God,” urging the parties to be committed to the letter and spirit of the MoU.
He said the agreement was the only solution to rescue the country, warning that if it failed, then the country and the citizens would regret it.
He said, “We are committed to the restructuring of this nation and we must respect the spirit and letter of this understanding.
“When Nigerians voted in 2015, they thought the APC vehicle would take them to the Promised Land. But three years after, the APC has failed and failed tragically too. We must not fail to rescue the nation and if we do, then the nation is finished.”
