Youths under the All Progressives Congress (APC) have said the presidential candidate of the party, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is far ahead of his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour party (LP) counterparts, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi.
Director of the national youth mobilisation (North Central) of the campaign council, Mike Msuaan, stated this yesterday when met party big wigs in Abuja.
Relying on Tinubu’s antecedents as governor of Lagos State, Msuaan stated that both the LP and the PDP would not pose any threat to the chances of Tinubu winning the presidential poll in 202.
He said the youths in the North Central have mapped out strategy aimed at ensuring that Tinubu sweep s70 per cent of ballots in the geopolitical zone on election day.
He also faulted claims in certain quarters that Tinubu may not be able to live up to his responsibilities if he emerges president of the country due to his age.
He noted: “We didn’t see Asiwaju contesting with Atiku and Peter Obi. These are people with questionable character. We know what Atiku did to this country. He threw the youths of North Central and this country to the street.
“The privatisation exercise he mishandled drove the youths of this country to be jobless. Under Atiku as vice president, over $16 billion was invested and up till now we are still in darkness. Is that the person that should rule us? Or are we talking of Peter Obi who has zero record in Anambra State?
“We are equal to the task. We have somebody who is competent, whose antecedents have been speaking for him and would speak for him. This is somebody whose economic plan in Lagos is still being copied in other states. The two of them are nowhere comparable to Tinubu. Under Tinubu there would be total liberation for the youths and wealth creation.”
On Tinubu’s ability to govern the country, he said, “The president of the United States of America (USA) is as old as Tinubu. It’s not about age, it’s about what you have upstairs. Tinubu has experience better than all of them. The right thing the president would do is to assemble the best hands for the country. He has been tested and trusted. He did it in Lagos and he is going to do it for Nigeria.”
Asked if the APC is comfortable with the use of BIVAS and electronic transmission of election results, he retorted: “Why should the APC be afraid of BIVAS and electronic transfer of results when the youths are strongly behind us. Why should we be afraid? I told you that if election is conducted tomorrow we are going to win.
“They are the ones running after us. We have already given them more than 30 percent gap ahead. And by tomorrow if elections are conducted we would give them more than 50 percent. We are very comfortable with the arrangement made by INEC.
“We are going to win with that because that has taken care of the manipulation of those who want to do yahoo yahoo on election day. Asiwaju is the next president of this country by the grace of God.”
