A former governor of Abia State, Eastern Nigeria, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, says Nigeria’s major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), cannot win the country’s Presidential election in 2019.
Kalu who made this statement while speaking with Channels TV in reaction to the defection of a former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), stressed that the PDP cannot return to power despite the heavyweights in the party because no international agency likes the party.
The former Abia governor stressed that the international agencies insisted that the PDP must be pushed away in 2015.
“I’m not scared of PDP coming back in 2019, they can’t return because no international agency likes them and they insisted PDP be pushed away,” Kalu opined.
“All I know is that Buhari remains one candidate that has 10million followership even in the south-east
“Even if south-east has been marginalized Buhari has done better than past presidents that emerged from the south east.”
On Atiku Abubakar defection, Kalu said former Vice President would have stayed back in APC if he was given a ministerial slot.
Kalu said, “The president should be more interested in the things of the party. As Commander-in-Chief, he should be interested in who leaves.
“If I was in position, I would have stopped the movement.
“The president should have consulted the governors in appointing men like Kwankwaso, Atiku into the system.
“He should have given them a ministerial position to pacify everybody and call governors to bring five names of candidates for a ministerial slot, that way democracy becomes a participated one,” he said.
