As the race for the Saturday, February 14, 2015 presidential election hots up, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and gubernatorial aspirant in Lagos State, Dr Akintoye Branco–Rhodes has stated emphatically that President Goodluck Jonathan will defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari once again, thereby retiring the former military head of state politically.
Daily Sun reports that Franco-Rhodes also used the opportunity to describe detractors of the President Jonathan administration as unpatriotic hypocrites, showering praises on the incumbent President for his grand achievements in the aviation, agriculture, rail, power and infrastructure sectors of the economy. He also beseeches the people of the South-West to vote out the APC and vote massively for the PDP in the forthcoming general elections.
In his words: ‘‘Jonathan has done it before, he defeated Buhari in 2011, and come 2015, it is going to be the same story of defeat for the retired army general .My humble advice to Buhari is that he should withdraw from this race. At 72 what is he looking for again?. In 2011, President Jonathan defeated him, come 2015, Jonathan will not only defeat Buhari,he will retire him from politics
‘’It is not in our interest in the South-West to be in opposition. We need to be in the main stream by being part of the government at the centre. What has APC done for the South-West? Nothing
‘’They have been antagonistic of the central government thereby denying the people the opportunity of benefitting immensely from being part of dividends of democracy being enjoyed in PDP controlled states. We thank God that wind of change has started blowing with Ekiti State now in PDP fold, and that wind of change will blow away APC from South-West in 2015’’.
