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Media entrepreneur and a presidential aspirant of African Action Congress (AAC), Omoleye Sowore, says the President Muhammadu Buhari led government will be kicked out of office come 2019 presidential election.
Sowore said this while answering questions on his chances of winning the 2019 presidential election during a live Channels TV programme, Politics Today, on Wednesday night, August 22.
The Sahara Reporters publisher said the APC had not done much in the areas of security and improving the living condition of Nigerians.
Sowore said rather than solve the issues, which they (APC) attacked PDP for in 2015, the ruling party was relying on propaganda to win the 2019 elections.
The Presidential aspirant said the APC had failed in all its promises, noting that what the party was parading was false confidence.
His words: “The party (APC) is in disaster, their programmes have not been implemented, they came that they want to protect the country in the areas of security but the story, you know as it is unfolding in Benue today, the Fulani herdsmen, you just have more openings.
He added that President Buhari is not new to losing; he stressed that having lost elections three times before winning in 2015, it won’t be much surprise if he [Buhari] loses the 2019 election.
“This government is going down, there is no question about it, and they know they are going down.
“They have some kind of false confidence that they could get unto the public because they have impoverished the public that they think if they distribute N5,000 in the next general election, they will be able to convince people and win the election.
“But they will be shocked. This is not confidence, it is arrogance and it is going to lead to political suicide.”
He added that young and new presidential aspirants should also be given the audience and the opportunity to challenge older aspirants through debate.
“If want you to be more serious, you should be bringing these presidential candidates to debate us. Buhari should be brought out. The media should force them out of their hiding. Let them come and debate the future of Nigeria,” he said.
He argued that contrary to claims, young people have come up with alternatives to the current leaders.
“These alternatives will kick out the old guards in 2019,” Sowore declared.
He stressed that younger presidential aspirants are the viable alternative to President Buhari and are capable of doing much more in directing affairs of the nation if elected.
“The alternative is here, that is what we should be debating. We should be talking about the fresh ideas that we are bringing on the table.
“In Nigeria, when we have people like us who have capacity, character, and integrity. We’ve got stamina, intellect, history, and pedigree.
“Young people are here to take their country to the next level of prosperity. We want to say goodbye to poverty, incompetence and lackluster kind of leadership that we’ve had in Nigeria,” he said.
Sowore claimed that President Buhari is not willing to speak at a presidential debate because he “is hiding under one finger and by the time you take him out, it will be very obvious that they are no longer capable.”