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Senator Rufai Hanga, founding National Chairman of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and a prominent Kano politician on Tuesday in Abuja said that Muhammadu Buhari, former military head of state of Nigeria who is interested in contesting the 2015 presidential election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC will be unable to win the presidential primaries.
NEWS WIRE reported that Hanga made the claims during an interview session with journalists. He said, also said some factors and intrigues might prevent both the former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, from picking the presidential ticket of the opposition party.
"I can tell you that Buhari did not move to APC with the genuine CPC structure. All those CPC structures are with us and we went with them to the PDM. And that is why when we decided to put a stop to our relationship with the PDM, more than 15,000 members brought back their membership cards and dumped the party.
"So you see the posture and unfortunately, I am not happy about it, but that is why Buhari is in deep trouble because he did not move to the APC with the real CPC structure. It is a naked fact that Buhari is greatly disadvantaged and no matter what anybody says, he would not win under a free and fair primaries"
"If Buhari had gone with his people, they would have had positions within the APC, but I do not think that Buhari has got even a messenger in the party at the national level, Kano or any of the state. And even in Katsina State, his home state, there is still trouble because elections took place and his people could not win because all the politicians that would have made him hold the structures and win in these places are with us.
"This is why I maintain that the APC is not a merger but an acquisition. A merger is supposed to be based on equal partnership. It is a pity and my heart bleeds over his present ordeal. Though he has no structure in the party, he has the masses.
"Unfortunately the masses cannot do anything for him if he has no party structure with which to run as a presidential candidate. It is a naked fact that Buhari is greatly disadvantaged and no matter what anybody says, he would not win under a free and fair primary.
"Buhari does not have a political structure, in politics, you have to have a structure for you to make any impact. However, if he can be made a candidate, he has a lot of followers who strongly believe in his ability rightly or wrongly who want him to become president because they believed once he becomes president he will arrest all the richmen and all the ills of the country will disappear.
Speaking on Kwankwaso,Hanga said, "Kwankwaso is not a presidential material. I am an experienced politician, not a bootlicker or someone who will like to sing praises in order to get patronage. I speak the truth. I believe in Nigeria and I want Nigeria to be governed well. If you are looking for a president who will be a true Nigerian and effective in office, Kwakwanso is not.
He said because Kwankwaso is in the good books of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the Kano-born politician will not be able to agree to any truce between him and Atiku, thus making it difficult for any consensus agreement.
"For now, we are at the point of decision-making, trying to assess the situation and to choose where to go. No, do not make any fast conclusions about our moving into the PDP yet. I just cannot go into a party that I am not invited to or recognised. I will rather stay out and be neutral", Hanga added.
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NEWS WIRE reported that Hanga made the claims during an interview session with journalists. He said, also said some factors and intrigues might prevent both the former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, from picking the presidential ticket of the opposition party.
"I can tell you that Buhari did not move to APC with the genuine CPC structure. All those CPC structures are with us and we went with them to the PDM. And that is why when we decided to put a stop to our relationship with the PDM, more than 15,000 members brought back their membership cards and dumped the party.
"So you see the posture and unfortunately, I am not happy about it, but that is why Buhari is in deep trouble because he did not move to the APC with the real CPC structure. It is a naked fact that Buhari is greatly disadvantaged and no matter what anybody says, he would not win under a free and fair primaries"
"If Buhari had gone with his people, they would have had positions within the APC, but I do not think that Buhari has got even a messenger in the party at the national level, Kano or any of the state. And even in Katsina State, his home state, there is still trouble because elections took place and his people could not win because all the politicians that would have made him hold the structures and win in these places are with us.
"This is why I maintain that the APC is not a merger but an acquisition. A merger is supposed to be based on equal partnership. It is a pity and my heart bleeds over his present ordeal. Though he has no structure in the party, he has the masses.
"Unfortunately the masses cannot do anything for him if he has no party structure with which to run as a presidential candidate. It is a naked fact that Buhari is greatly disadvantaged and no matter what anybody says, he would not win under a free and fair primary.
"Buhari does not have a political structure, in politics, you have to have a structure for you to make any impact. However, if he can be made a candidate, he has a lot of followers who strongly believe in his ability rightly or wrongly who want him to become president because they believed once he becomes president he will arrest all the richmen and all the ills of the country will disappear.
Speaking on Kwankwaso,Hanga said, "Kwankwaso is not a presidential material. I am an experienced politician, not a bootlicker or someone who will like to sing praises in order to get patronage. I speak the truth. I believe in Nigeria and I want Nigeria to be governed well. If you are looking for a president who will be a true Nigerian and effective in office, Kwakwanso is not.
He said because Kwankwaso is in the good books of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the Kano-born politician will not be able to agree to any truce between him and Atiku, thus making it difficult for any consensus agreement.
"For now, we are at the point of decision-making, trying to assess the situation and to choose where to go. No, do not make any fast conclusions about our moving into the PDP yet. I just cannot go into a party that I am not invited to or recognised. I will rather stay out and be neutral", Hanga added.
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