Junaid Mohammed Speaks On Implications Of Inconclusive Osun Election For APC

APC No Longer Popular, Junaid Mohammed Predicts

Dr. Junaid Mohammed, Second Republic lawmaker, has reacted to the Osun governorship election, which the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared inconclusive.

Naija News recalls that the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Ademola Adeleke, on Saturday won at the polls with with 254,698 votes.

In a terse statement, the northern elder statesman said the Osun election showed that the All Progressive Congress-led government was no longer popular among Nigerians “because of the insecurity and economic hardship in the country.”

The former lawmaker said the Osun election was reminiscent of what might obtain in the 2019 general elections.

The statement reads: “My belief is that the APC has become too arrogant and too reliant on corruption rather than performance to win an election.

“There is a trend emerging in the South-West and that is going to manifest in other parts of the country – from the South to the Middle Belt and to the North – the APC is no longer the predominant party of this country.

“The ridiculous government policies and other misgivings have not given the ruling party any edge in the states. Therefore, 2019 is very open.”