APC: Is Osinbanjo the face behind our votes?
Mohammadu Buhari to lead Nigeria in the next four years.
At the Abuja town hall interview, it was obvious that vice president Yemi Osinbanjo saved the day for the APC, by providing intelligence, eloquence in some of the issues addressed by the interviewers and the audience, while President Mohammadu Buhari only managed to stay through, displaying little or no core understanding of a lot of the issues raised. There was also a kind of impairment in hearing as well as poor communication.
In Delta State, Buhari caused a stir when he wanted to hand over the APC flag to the party’s governorship candidate, Great Ogboru, calling him the presidential candidate, the senatorial candidate, before at the third trial he got it right, after getting help from party supporters on the side.
His words, “I am handing over this flag of honour to our presidential candidate.” A man on the stage to his left corrected him, saying “gubernatorial”, but Buhari responded with “to our senatorial candidate”. Again, the man corrected him, saying “gubernatorial” and this time, Buhari said “governortorial candidate”.
In Edo State, Mohammadu Buhari, led party supporters in singing the national anthem, but it was obvious he did not flow from the movement of his mouth to the little version heard from him, while his supporters around him were very unsettled.
If the ruling APC want to be sincere with themselves and to Nigerians, they will definitely accept the truth that Buhari is not fit to lead Nigeria in the next four years, with the heap of problems facing this country which require urgent attention.
Nigerians are getting more frustrated on daily with the direction the country is going and while the political class, even the very religious ones among them seem to derive joy from deceiving Nigerians in their selfish interest.
If the leadership of the APC sincerely wants to move Nigeria forward, not just for the reason of holding on to power for power sake, they should know that Buhari at this stage in time should not be the president of Nigeria after this tenure.
But if Osinbanjo, the vice president becomes the face of the APC and they win this election, will he be allowed to play a key role without obstructions from the cabal.
The little time Osinbanjo had to provide leadership when the president was away on medical attention was eventful and helped in moving the nation forward somewhat, particularly in the area of security and peace in the Niger Delta.
Will relying on Osibanjo to vote APC back to power be a costly mistake Nigerian’s will make? Is it enough to hold Osinbanjo accountable if things do not go the way they should if the party gets power again?
Many who supported the APC before now are presently ruminating over these questions and asking themselves whether this is worth the trouble.
The 2019 presidential election is less than one month from now and political parties and their candidates are devising all manner of imaginations to woo the electorate. As the election draws nearer, capacity and competence are critical to providing the right leadership.
Who among the candidates has the capacity or competence? This should be what the electorate will focus on. Voting out of sympathy does not only rob us our voice, it inflicts pain on our conscience. Let us vote rightly, the choice to change our destiny is in our hands.