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Why PDP Lost In 2015 But Will Win In 2019 – Kwankwaso
One of the northern political heavyweights, Kwankwaso believes the President Buhari-led APC doesn’t stand a chance against the PDP in 2019.
The Senator representing Kano-Central in the National Assembly, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost in the 2015 presidential election, because they fielded only one candidate.
Speaking on Friday during an interview on Channels Televisionâs Sunrise Daily, Kwankwaso boasted that the partyâs chance of victory in next yearâs election, was high based on the number of aspirants in the presidential race compared to that of 2015.
He said, âIn 2015, PDP had only one candidate and it lost the election. If you look at it statistically, from 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011, PDP had very competitive (aspirants) at primary elections and was winning the general elections in those election years.
âBut in 2015, it decided to print only one form for one person and it lost the electionâ.
Kwankwaso who is also a presidential aspirant in the PDP, also claimed many PDP members left for the All Progressive Congress (APC) after the 2015 general elections, because of impunity.
âPDP, in my opinion, learnt its lessons. In 2015, PDP was very arrogant and believed that whatever happens, they would win the elections.
âThey never thought that an incumbent could lose the election. They had at that time, some level of impunity that many of us felt that was not the best way to handle the government, the party and of course the country.
âThat was why we decided to defect to the APC, mobilised the people and at the end of the day, we won the election,â the former Kano Governor added.
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