Saraki: PDP will win South East, South-South and North Central

Senate President Bukola Saraki has reeled out election figures
to support claims that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stands a
great chance of winning the presidential polls.

In his permutation, Saraki said the PDP will “take South East,
South-South, and North Central” adding that “South West Will be
split, North East will be split and the North West will be
marginally here and there”.

Speaking in an interview with Channels Television, Saraki argued
that though in the 2015 election Buhari won the Northeast and
Northwest, the feat will not be repeated in 2019.

He said, “Northwest he won by 75 per cent, North East he won by
80 per cent, he won the North Central with about 56 per cent, and
the South East with about 55 per cent, he is not going to win the
North East with about 56 percent, he is going to lose in North
Central”.

The Senate President went on to say that President Buhari will
not win North West by 75 per cent, “North West is going to be maybe
3 or 4 states, three states for us and four states for them, and in
North East, he’s not going to win by 80 percent”.

Saraki went on to say that the numbers which the APC will lose
in the North East and North West, he cannot make it up anywhere in
the country”.

The lawmaker asserted that the ruling party is panicking, saying
“The numbers do not support their victory”.

He said in 2015 it was a race between a Muslim northerner
against a Christian southerner, “There was a general movement by
the entire north to deliver to one person, that’s not there, so the
numbers in the North West, North East do no support 75/80
percent”.

The former Kwara state governor said he was certain that the
votes lost by APC in the north will not be made up for in the
south, hence, calling on all Nigerians to be vigilant “that there
must be a game plan”.