Egba chief predicts victory for Buhari, Abiodun

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State and Baagbile of Egbaland,  Dr. Femi Majekodunmi, has predicted a landslide victory for President Muhammadu Buharii in Saturday’s presidential poll.

Chief Majekodunmi said the victory of Mr. President would be across all the six zones as most Nigerians want him and the ruling APC to continue to deliver the dividends of democracy to them.

The Baagbile of Egbaland who made this known on Sunday while speaking with reporters in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, added that  Nigerians love the President, and want him reelected.

The General medicine practitioner – turned politician stressed that Buhari would not only win convincingly in his stronghold of North West, North East and South West, but also perform better than he did in 2015 in South South and South East where he is expected to garner over 25 percent votes in all the states and win convincingly in at least four of the states in the two zones.

He maintained that the second term of the President would benefit the South West which is strongly behind him, noting that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who is from the zone and whose disposition and performance have been acknowledged all over the country, would continue to complement President Buhari to take the country to the next level.

Majekodunmi who insisted that the victory of President Buhari is certain as the rising of the sun in spite of the arrays of endorsement of the opposition candidates by those he described as factional socio-cultural groups, said the country cannot afford not to reelect him so as not to toy with the lives of present Nigerians and future generations by electing those who do not mean well for them.

And reminded of the support of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo for his former deputy and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Majekodunmi described the former President as a renowned elder and world statesman, declaring that Obasanjo’s strong  vilification of Atiku in the past, cannot be changed overnight.

According to him, the PDP presidential candidate is only strong in two zones and is no match for President Buhari.

“Former President Obasanjo has seen it all in this country and beyond and has contributed immensely to the development of Nigeria, however his opinion concerning the presidential election cannot stand but rather be a plus for the President,” he said.

The APC chieftain also spoke on the situation in Ogun State,  saying APC is fully in charge in the state and would go into the election united.

The Egba chief added that Governor Ibikunle Amosun is still in the party and that his purported second party cannot fly as the people of the state and members of the party would vote for the “APC- ALL THE WAY.”

He said the victory of President Buhari would rub on the other APC candidates in the state most especially the governorship candidate, Prince Dapo Abiodun, stressing that the state is fully for the APC as it cannot afford to concede to the opposition.

He said: “The coming election is a foregone conclusion for APC in the state, from the presidential, National Assembly, governorship to House of Assembly, the party would win everything. Indeed, it would be APC all the way with all the other parties winning little or nothing.”