The former governor of Niger state Mr Babangida Aliyu, has said that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will defeat President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 election if there is no rigging.

Aliyu speaking on Sunday in an interactive session with reporters in Kaduna said: ‘Believe me, not only in my state, I believe that if the elections are free and fair, if there is no rigging, if the security agencies are not used against our party, we will make it. We will win,” he said.

“Atiku will defeat Buhari squarely.

Speaking on the president’s refusal to to sign the electoral act amendment bill, Babangida said : “If the national assembly feels very strongly, they should be able to over-ride the veto,”

‘But if it will create problems for the moment, we can wait. I understand that some of the conditions the president gave was that the electoral act could start with the next election and not this particular one.

‘But I think that we need to be careful under his watch, to make sure that we don’t have any problem with the 2019 elections.

‘In 2015, we understand what happened and everybody rallied round, even though the difference in the votes was not much, given the population of voters in the country.

‘But if the Electoral Act Amendment Bill is not signed by the president and not over ridden by the national assembly, then it means we will use the old law and we will have no basis for asking anybody whether card reader has been used or not.

‘We appeal to the president either to reconsider his position or appeal to the national assembly to look at it again.’

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/12/2019-believe-me-atiku-will-defeat-buhari-squarely-aliyu-babangida/amp/

Let's see how it will turn out to be...

Millions of Nigerians will be happy if Atiku wins and millions will also be happy if Buhari wins as well...

Babangida Aliyu comes off like a traitor to me.

Is he even truly PDP?

Of course the man speaks the truth. Only 3 naira per post zombies and the broom wielding children of poverty will state otherwise. By next year the impostor will be smuggled out of our borders in the midst of cattles when Atiku becomes president.

Atiku all the way

Kikikiki TALBAN minna just try your best this time around and win your poling unit.

Sai Baba....man wey sabi!
Happy birthday Daddy.
We love you to the moon and back!

Over squarely

The hunger too much

Plus Peter Obi Economic magic

He's right. Nigerians want a new start. These current ones have failed

What an ugly face

I agree

So many 'if's' in his statement. Deep down he doesn't believe in what he said. The way he responded to the electoral bill issue shows he's been very careful of what he says against Buhari. Seems to me that he doesn't want to incur the wrath of the masses in his state.

Life sometimes self

Aliyu Babangida that used to be powerful then

I know how it feels not to be relevant anymore

AtikuObi..Men wey sabi

Hmm

Believe Talba at your own peril. Hmmmm. Reverse is the case.

froggy

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Because people are wiser

Had Buhari not been given the chance, people would still have thought he has something to offer.

Now he has been demystified, which is why people are saying "never again" to such monumental and horrendous incompetence.

See this thief, na d kind people wey go get access to aso rock if atiku win election, bunch of looters, go return all d money wey you steal for Niger state.

Ok

Atiku had Better, if not Buhari go use Fulani Herdsmen finish person.

Election never end, dem don dey warn up.

https://twitter.com/vanguardngrnews/status/1074483903958798337

Ordinary Senate you cannot win and you are here blabbing

Who exactly is Buhari...

Jubril will lose in the North.

But you also said same about GEJ defeating Buhari yet he lost.