Saraki: PDP Has All It Takes To Win 2019 Elections

 

The Director General of Atiku/Obi Campaign Organisation and Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki on Sunday in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, disclosed that the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state and at the national level have what it takes to win the 2019 general election.

Saraki, who is the national leader of the PDP, said the party would not only sweep the elections in Kwara State but will win the presidential election by the grace of God.

He asked his supporters not to be afraid of the federal might in the forthcoming general election, pointing out that he had confronted such situations in two previous elections and floored the incumbents.

Saraki disclosed these  at the inauguration of a 42-man Campaign Council for the state chapter of PDP  held at ABS constituency office in Ilorin.

The Senate president said while the 2019 elections, like any other election has its challenges, experience has shown that with the right tactics and strategies, the PDP will win the state again.

According to him,  "Don’t be afraid, don't create fears in your heart, as I have heard all the talks of the opposition about using the federal might.  But we have seen it all.

"We saw it in 2003; we saw it in 2015 or don’t you know that they used federal might in 2015? In 2015, with federal might, we defeated them. It was you that God used then, and in 2019, with those who have come to join us, we will defeat them again."

He, however, asked members of the Campaign Council to demonstrate utmost faithfulness in the discharge of their duties to achieve the desired results.

Saraki recalled that the Mandate Office has been the platform for every electoral victory of the party since 2003 expressing confidence that God is with his political structure to win the next poll again.

"Every election has its challenges. But, we have what it takes to tackle it, and once you are committed, victory is ours," he said, as he tasked the party on the need to implement a rigorous campaign to ensure everyone is reached.

He said it is only when the PDP is in power at the federal level that things can return to normal for suffering Nigerians and the hopes of the people properly addressed.

Earlier, the state Governor, Alhaji Abdulfattah Ahmed, had expressed confidence that the PDP would win the state in 2019, "using that astute leadership of the Senate president as it has always been done since 2003."

In his acceptance speech on behalf of members of the Campaign Council, its Chairman, Professor Suleiman Abubakar, described their appointment as a call to service at a critical period in the history of the state, and promised to give all it takes to ensure success for the endeavour.