As the campaigns for the 2019 elections approaches its climax, many Nigerians have shifted focus to 2023, with different players and ethnic nationalities strategising beyond the next general polls. Personally, I don’t see President Muhammadu Buhari losing the 2019 presidential election. Rigging or no rigging, the president is well placed to win the election for a number of reasons. First, it is too early for the PDP to come back to power. They will definitely win more states and more seats in the National Assembly in 2019, but winning the presidency is a tall order. Most Nigerians consider it an insult on their sensibilities when they see the PDP campaigning for the presidency.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) was able to sell all manner of promises to Nigerians in 2015 because they had never been at the government in centre and so could not be judged. And because Lagos State then was the poster of good governance, the progressives leveraged on the overhyped excellent…
