Jonathan will defeat Buhari, others – Anenih

The National Campaign Adviser of the Dr. Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation, Chief Tony Anenih, has passionately pleaded with Nigerians to join hands with the Peoples Democratic Party to crush any planned pre- and post-election violence in the country.

 This, Anenih pointed out, was pertinent in the overall interest of the unity and stability of our dear nation.

The Edo State born politician spoke during the inauguration of the Presidential Campaign Organization in Abuja.

Anenih stated that the PDP presidential candidate for the February 14 election, President Goodluck Jonathan, would defeat the presidential candidates of the all the leading opposition parties without much difficult.

He pointed out that the presidential candidates of the PDP had performed similar feat in 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011, stressing that the 2015 election would not be different.

In his words: “We have travelled through this familiar path before, specifically in 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011. In the last three elections, our candidates had defeated the leading opposition candidates.

“Therefore, as we do the needful, I am confident that we will defeat them again.

“The Federal Government, under the able leadership of our candidate, President Jonathan, will ensure that INEC conducts free, fair and credible elections as it has always done.

“By the grace of God and the support of well-meaning and peace-loving Nigerian people, we will win both the election and the peace.

“I call on all Nigerians to join hands with us to crush any planned pre-and post-election violence, bearing in mind the imperative of the unity and stability of our dear nation.

“The inauguration of this very important Presidential Campaign Organisation marks the commencement of our comprehensive electioneering for our candidates in the presidential and other elections scheduled for February this year by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

“Most significant of these elections, I must say, is the presidential election, for which we have presented the formidable ticket of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, and Vice President Namadi Mohammed Sambo, GCON.

“I say formidable because this winning team of President Jonathan and Vice President Sambo is running on its verifiable records of achievements in the governance of our nation.

“The presidential tickets of other parties cannot boast of any achievements in our democratic journey since they have not got the experience.

“So, I expect that Nigerians will prefer continuity of this administration’s robust National Transformation Agenda to the so-called CHANGE just to satisfy some personal and narrow interests.

“Now, as we all know, the presidential election is the first in the series of elections scheduled by the INEC to hold on February 14 along with the National Assembly elections.

“What this means is that we must work assiduously to win the best prize, which is the presidential election.  Once we do that, the victory will expectedly have a bandwagon effect on the February 28 Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections.”

Anenih charged members of this campaign organisation and its various Committees to commit themselves to the current efforts being made to “emphatically win the presidential election as well as the other elections”.