THE Governor of Sokoto State and one of the presidential aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party , Aminu Tambuwal, said on Tuesday he would defeat President Muhammadu Buhari in the forthcoming 2019 general elections
Tambuwal , who said this while responding to questions from newsmen at the PDP Secretariat in Minna , stressed that he had all it would take to unseat Buhari , whom he described as analogue leader .
He said , “When you are going into a battle , you must present your best arsenals to defeat your opponent ; if not , you will be overwhelmed .
“ It is our collective responsibility as leaders to come together to rescue our nation from disintegration .
“ The country is greatly endowed but the lack of visionary leadership to harness its abundant resources for the benefit of the vast majority account for the poverty ravaging the country . ”
He added , “ I left the All Progressives Party due to the impunity and clear issues of mis – governance and on the lack of respect for the tenet of democratic principles . I have since discovered that the issue of bad governance is worse in the ruling All progressives party .
“ We left the PDP to form the APC; in the course of time , we began to see signs clearly that the APC itself was affected by some of those misfortunes of bad leadership. And so , we had to leave .
“ That made us to start coming back to the PDP as a better alternative . At that stage, we realised that PDP was the best option to move the country forward . ”
He said he decided to contest because he knew he had what it would take to make a difference .
“ What I am doing is not personal or about myself but a sacrifice for my country; otherwise I can ’ t leave the comfort of continuing as a governor for what I am embarking upon. ”
On the controversy on the venue of the PDP presidential convention in December , Tambuwal said he was comfortable with any venue announced by the party , if it satisfied the needs of aspirants and delegates .
“ The decision of the venue of the convention is for the party and its organ to take, even if they choose Minna if they have the facilities , there is nothing bad about it. We , the aspirants, are only consulted for our input , not to insist on where the party will host the event . ”
Source PUNCH .