A chieftain of the Accord Party (AP) and former presidential spokesperson, Dr Doyin Okupe, has advised Senate President Bukola Saraki to leverage on his increasing popularity and contest the 2019 presidential election.

Okupe stated this while analysing the All Progressives Congress (APC) crisis and the recent breakaway of the Reformed APC on Channels Television breakfast show, Sunrise Daily yesterday.

According to him, “Apart from Buhari, the next most visible and most notable politician in Nigeria today is Saraki, and he would do himself a great favour if he steps into the ring and run for president, because he has the pedigree.

“Saraki had the required exposure and experience from being a Special Assistant to the president to being a two-term governor, and now the Senate president. He has been through different stages of leadership and this makes him stand out among many other aspirants who have indicated interest to become president.”

Asked about the feasibility of Saraki clinching the APC presidential ticket against President Muhammadu Buhari, who has also indicated interest to run for a second term on the platform of the party, Okupe said: “APC would be doing themselves a favour if they do not allow the president to run, and I don’t see Saraki contesting primaries in the APC, it is impossible, the hostility against him in the APC is too much, and that is why he needs to move to another party where he can form alliance with other parties to contest.”

Analysing the chances of President Buhari winning the 2019 elections with the present crisis rocking the APC, the former presidential spokesperson said: “Buhari’s government and the APC are presently at the lowest ebb of popularity. The saying that Buhari has 12million votes in the North is delusional, the northerners are also affected by the economic problem Nigeria is facing, and a larger percentage of the goodwill and popularity Buhari enjoyed before the 2015 elections have diminished because the people are not happy.

“Take for instance, Buhari had about two million votes from the Middle belt, now 80 percent of that is gone.”

Okupe opined that any vote Buhari and the APC lose in the North cannot be recovered anywhere else.



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Some people MUST retire politically either peacefully or forcefully come 2019!

Why? Lol

Saraki, being a wise & intentional man will sit back on this one. No need rushing over a pot of food still on fire.

At least he has aired his mind

Didn't even know he had left PDP for Accord Party. I must have missed his "O my home, O my home" video

No wonder we are among the happiest people on Earth. Never a shortage of drama...

everyone sha dey talk...

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It's a great achievement that President Buhari has finally been able to cage the country's looters in one single box called "Coalition of United Potential Prisoners" (CUPP).

He deserves my vote to complete the good woks and finally free the country from those who perceive themselves as its OWNERS.

Sai Baba!

Is he the one to vote saraki?

Reminds me of the popular story of the tortoise asking the elephant to come and be made king, not knowing it was a call for it's downfall.

#A o m'erin joba...Eweku ewele

expected! script already playing out.

Okupe don turn adviser.

No be only run



Make him fly too




Nonsense!


They all are tired, they should retire...
These guys are stinkingly rich, so they can neva work for d good of the masses!

Okay

As what Northern candidate or afonja

For me, he should do like David Mark

Saraki the runner; if he becomes the president, na to run nigeria like the family bank SGBank. But whats my own? Lemme goan meet my people in Sambisa forest

Yes. Saraki is qualify to be the president of Ilorin descendant union IDU.

When a fowl thinks that his wings has grown so Strong as to compete with the eagle in a flight, that fowl will be torn apart by the wind in the air space. All these noise from people who are against the government of the day using the same reasons they used against the previous government baffles me. Let them go on with the noise, buhari will still beat them hands down when the time comes. You know when a child engages in an unfinished fight, he beats his chest and prides himself as being brave and strong.

This doyin said he should leverage off "his increased popularity"

Chai has he forgotten that increased popularity which he saraki has gotten is directly proportional to the Increased notoriety he has also gotten in corruption?

The same man who ran down and looted one bank he was in charge of should now be in charge of Nigeria so he can break Abachas record?

God forbid.

Observing

As far as I am concerned, Bukola Saraki is the most powerful politician in Nigeria today. Even more powerful than Alpha Beta of Bourdillon.

Before 2015, I would say it was Tinubu who held the position; but right now,the SP is the WBO, WBC, IBF, and IBO holder of Nigerian politics.

I see him being the Vladimir Putin of Africa IF voted in as President of Nigeria cos he likes wielding so much power.

You can't blame Doyin Okupe, it is this administration that specializes in making unpopular people popular through media trials and persecutions.

Okupe.... Is dat a person's name.

It is getting interesting.. Self interest will kill the Alliance

okupe

Okay.

I hv nothing to say but Personally SAriki will not get my Vote!!