2015: Buhari/Fashola ticket will floor Jonathan – APC chieftain

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, Chief Ayo Akande, has predicted that the opposition party would win the 2015 presidential election if it picks former head of states, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) as its presidential candidate and the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, as his running mate.

Akande, who said this in a statement on Thursday, said Buhari and Fashola will give the PDP a good fight.

Recall that Buhari on Wednesday declared to run for the post of the president on the platform of the APC.

Akande, who noted that the Buhari/Fashola’s ticket was his best option, said corruption would be reduced considerably just as terrorism will be reduced to the barest level if the APC considers the duo.

He said, “A Buhari/Fashola combination stands to offer lot of advantages. We all know Buhari as a man of good virtue, who did not corruptly enrich himself. The APC stands a better chance to defeat President Goodluck Jonathan who has been endorsed as the sole candidate of the PDP for the 2015 presidential election.

“A Buhari/Fashola team would give the Peoples Democratic Party a good fight in the presidential elections.

“The antecedents of Buhari as a military head of state in terms of war against indiscipline and corruption and Fashola’s self-discipline and accountability would give the APC the long-sought exalted seat of the president of the country.”