2019: I will defeat Buhari this time… he has wasted his massive goodwill – Atiku

I left APC because it has become Buhari’s property –
Atiku Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is confident he will defeat President Muhammadu Buhari come 2019 presidential election in Nigeria.
Atiku who made the observation in an interview he had with Dele Momodu said it would be easy for his to defeat Buhari this time because he [Buhari]has wasted
his massive goodwill
His words, “I will definitely beat him this time. He has wasted a lot of his massive goodwill. A lot of people are
disgruntled but keeping quiet and lying low. Our youths are suffering terribly and now they are being sold into slavery. Everyone knows my track record of inviting and
attracting a good team and giving them the opportunity to work professionally. Nigerians are tired of leaders who cannot think big and work big. Dele, I will be ready from day one…”
“No, definitely not. Buhari is free to contest and I’m free to contest. And Nigerians will make their choice.

“After Buhari won the election, he was no longer interested in the Party that made him President. Every
activity stopped and not even the Party Chairman, Chief John Oyegun, could take any decision. I called Chief Oyegun a few times to tell him our Party was dying slowly but he told me he would not do anything unless he got clearance from the President.
“At a stage, I gathered about 18 prominent members and began to meet in the hope that we can re-energise Party activities, but some people lied to the President
that I wanted to use the forum to launch my Presidential campaign. That forum became simply dead on arrival.
No BOT, no NEC meetings, as stipulated in our Constitution. The Party became a one-man property.
Everyone grumbles behind the President’s back but they are too timid to raise a voice against the illegalities being perpetuated. I should be bold enough to know
what I want, and can do so at my age, so I decided to
leave…”
When asked about his chances of getting the PDP ticket, the former Vice Presidfent said “He told me why
he should get it: “Nothing is absolutely certain in this
life, but PDP needs a candidate with the brightest chance and that can only come from someone who has
major experience, exposure, knowledge about running an economy, who is a Nationalist and not a sectionalist and whose brand cannot be intimidated in anyway by
that of the current President. If PDP picks a weak candidate, then the Party is doomed. Some of those
whose names are being touted and bandied about have not grown beyond their immediate domains.”