Former member of the House of Representatives, Hon Bamidele Faparusi, has said the exit of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar from the All Progressives Congress (APC) will not affect the party in 2019.
He added that President Muhammadu Buhari’s mass appeal in the northern and southern parts of the country would continue to soar.
He said: “The President needs no support from Alhaji Atiku to return to power in 2019. In the 2007 presidential election, Buhari came second with over 7 million votes as an individual while Atiku, a sitting Vice President came third with over two million votes.”
Faparuti noted that the call by Governor Rochas Okorocha and other APC governors to accord the President the right of first refusal ahead of of 2019 was to underestimate Buhari’s electrifying acceptability.
He explained that the President enjoys immense popularity within and outside APC. He added that the prudent lifestyle, anti-corruption posture and masses-oriented policies of the nation’s leader was unquantifiable.
2019: APC has nothing to fear over Atiku’s exit, says Faparusi
