Buhari and 2015

and be conscious of the fact that, inasmuch as Nigerians are in a dire need of a positive change, the choice of a presidential candidate will determine if its dream will be actualized or not.  It will be an understatement to say that Buhari stands out as the best presidential candidate for the APC; this […]

and be conscious of the fact that, inasmuch as Nigerians are in a dire need of a positive change, the choice of a presidential candidate will determine if its dream will be actualized or not.  It will be an understatement to say that Buhari stands out as the best presidential candidate for the APC; this is informed by his general acceptability by the Masses of Nigeria.
If the opposition is really desirous of winning the 2015 presidential election, it has no alternative than to feature General Buhari as its candidate and the reasons are very simple. He has twelve million votes that are always intact for him at any time; this was demonstrated in 2003, 2007 and 2011. I am not writing this as a card carrying member of a political party but as a rational thinker that is worried about the current situation in the country.  If the All progressives Congress (APC) should choose General Buhari as its presidential candidate for the 2015 general elections, it would be a landslide victory for the party; only votes of the North West and South West will give victory to the party.
These are the most populated geo-political regions in Nigeria and they can only give their block votes to APC if Buhari emerges as its candidate. If it is joined with other states like Gombe, Bauchi, Borno, Yobe, Adamawa and Niger which are always for the General, it will serve a great deal. It is most likely that Kwara and Nasarawa will also go for the APC, Benue and Taraba will share 50-50 with the PDP and with the current situation in Kogi state, the PDP may be heading to the rocks. Aside Buhari, none of the presidential aspirants in the APC has this clout; while other politicians use their resources to garner votes, the ordinary person on the street is always ready to defend the General at his/her own cost and the arithmetic shown above can only be obtainable with Buhari in the game.
If the APC does any mistake of short-changing their most charismatic aspirant for moneybags, the party is directly paving way for the PDP to actualize their earlier proclamation of ruling Nigeria for the next sixty years.

Richard Tersoo Mnenga <[email protected]>;