Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has said that the 2019 presidential election will be “a straight fight between President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigerians who are tired of his misrule.”In a statement yesterday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor said Buhari would have Nigerians, who would shock him, to contend with in 2019 and not the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or other opposition political parties alone.

Fayose said the tripod on which the Buhari administration was erected had collapsed like a pack of cards. “The international community has said corruption under Buhari is worse that in times past. “Nigerians themselves know that murderous herdsmen have joined Boko Haram under Buhari and the economy, which was booming under Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, went into recession under Buhari and has remained comatose.

“For Nigerians, the 2019 election is not about political parties, particularly as it affects Buhari’s presidency.“The election will be Nigerians versus Buhari and not PDP versus Buhari or PDP versus APC, especially knowing how negatively Buhari has impacted the lives of Nigerians,” Fayose said.

According to the governors, with millions of Nigerians thrown out of jobs and an uncountable number of companies folding up on a daily basis, Nigerians in their teeming numbers are waiting for the 2019 election to vent their anger and frustration on the president’s alleged disruptive and destructive policies.

“Buhari has damaged Nigeria. He has damaged the lives of an uncountable number of Nigerians. The suffering and untold hardship he has brought on Nigeria and Nigerians is unprecedented.“Most importantly, he has destroyed the trust of Nigerians in the ballot box and the people can’t wait to send him packing so that they can get their country back.”

Fayose said in 2019, the same shocker of 2015 would be witnessed and it would be a ruder shock for those who believed in their mastery of election
rigging to remain in power.On credibility of elections in the country, Fayose said: “Look at how they subverted the will of the people in Edo, Ondo, Ekiti and recently in Osun. The fact that they had to rig those elections is a clear testimony that Nigerians have rejected Buhari and his party.

Meanwhile, the South West leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have warned President Buhari against victimising Fayose after leaving office in October 15, this year. They also condemned the Osun State governorship election and berated the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for allegedly rigging the poll.The warning was contained in a statement issued at the end of the party’s stakeholders meeting held in Ibadan on Monday.

At the meeting were: the National Vice Chairman (Southwest), Eddy Olafeso; Chief Olubode George; Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Olusola Eleka; Dare Adeleke; Chief Bisi Ilaka; and former Southwest chairman, Tajudeen Oladipupo, among others.

They alleged rigging of Ekiti and Osun elections and therefore rejected the results. “We declare our disappointment in the administration of Buhari for his inability to preside over a nation where votes must count.

“We also give due cognizance to the earlier conducted Ekiti State election and the serious assault and battery of the Governor Ayodele Fayose. The conduct of the election itself, the massive vote buying that characterized it, the vote stealing and compromised posture of INEC, hence, reject the election result as it does not represent the electoral desire of the people.

“Therefore we support our candidates in the two aforementioned elections in Osun and Ekiti states to take concrete legal actions to recover their mandates from the roguish APC that is now becoming notorious for election rigging.“We also note that Fayose’s tenure comes to an end in a couple of weeks from now, therefore we wish him well in his future endeavors. We, however, observe that the Buhari administration has clearly indicated its desire to intimidate and harass him.

This attitude is cheap and very pedestrian.“Thus we declare our solidarity with Fayose and promise to stand firm in his support in the event of the prosecution of petty vendetta against his person.”

Birdyclear:
Buhari is a sure odd that's going back to Daura come next year, until he probes his Harlot wife will we know how true he's.. Cos i know a prof in my school whom his wife failed his course 3 times because she didn't merit to pass .... So change begins from the household

JasonScoolari:
We will not only shock the bag of bones called buhari, we will send him to COMA.....



God bless the PDP
God bless Nyesom Wike
God bless Delta State
God bless Chief James Onanefe Ibori.

Corrinthians:
All una might begin and end for Nairaland. I wish una fit realise wetin count for once.

Yesterday I saw y'all making gest of Bus Drivers Association of Nigeria having endorsed Buhari. I looked at y'all and laughed real good. You know why? Those are the real folks with the votes, not e noisemakers who scavenge for inconsequential likes and shares on social media platforms here and there.

Una must learn one day sha.

Birdyclear:
As if likes and shares pay my bills, you don't expect every man to believe in your ideology do you ? No to much talk with you keep believing in your change and let me be against a tyrant government.. As simple as that

Corrinthians:
Cc: Ekiti and Osun state.

Birdyclear:
Ekiti was free and fair but Osun wasn't. Take it or leave

Afamed:

Even when your Otueke fisherman was in power, the rest is history.

Corrinthians:
Same way you'd lament here after 2019, and HERE is where the consequences of your dissatisfaction will end - generation of likes and shares for you from the insults you'd give Buhari and Tinubu and APC in general.

After all said and done, Osinbobo will take over from Baba in 2023. Y'all shall remain in political wilderness for a long long time to come son.

Deltayankeeboi:
[s]It will never be better for anybody supporting and planning to vote this government again next year because of their uncivilized tribe, useless religion and party affiliations.

Anybody who puts his tribe and religion ahead of the progress of Nigeria is an enemy of the country and must be dealt as such.

If you are supporting the incompetent dullard because he is from your region and religion and not for what he has to offer to the country, whatever you put your hands to do shall never prosper. Sorrow shall never depart from your household for putting your personal interest ahead of the development of a nation.

It shall never be well with you all. Amen[/s].

Birdyclear:
Just like Sanwo-Olu I've been quoting a mad man, thanks for your time and make sure you take sniper this morning ..

chiefolododo:
Fayose a good man with good intentions.I don't think buhari will have up to 50votes

Corrinthians:
Yadi yadi yadi. Same e noise everyday with little or no consequence.

If this shît matters, Fayose would still have been the cocky loudmouth he is, and Adeleke would have added a stripper pole for himself in his bedroom, while feeding us with his latest twerking moves.

Get a grip on yourselves boys.. The looming political harmattan coming your way is gonna be very long and dry- ask one of your heroes, Dele Momodu.

Deltayankeeboi:
[s]Everything about you is a war, PDP vs APC. What about Nigerians that are apolitical, they are not to benefit from the country's wealth since your disposition is APC or nothing. Truly you and your people are the problem of the country.

While other countries are moving forward, putting the country's interest ahead of political interest, you zombies remain on Nairaland fighting for a lost cause. You will vote apc notwithstanding who they offer. My orientation is very different, Nigeria's progress supercedes my political affiliations.[/s]