Why Tinubu, APC Will Lose Buhari’s Home State – Katsina Rep, Ibrahim

The lawmaker representing the Malumfashi/Kafur Federal Constituency, Katsina State in the House of Representatives, Babangida Ibrahim has revealed why the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu would lose in President Muhammadu Buhari’s state.

Ibrahim, who recently dumped the APC for the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), believes Tinubu would be defeated in Katsina State in the 2023 presidential election.

According to Ibrahim, the popularity of President Buhari whose tenure would end in 2023 is not the same as Tinubu.

The lawmaker, in an interview with Punch, said Tinubu should not expect victory in the state because he is in the same party as President Buhari.

Ibrahim speaking on APC and Tinubu losing Katsina State to their opponent said, “It is not his fault, honestly. All my life, I have never been in another political party different from Muhammadu Buhari’s.

“I was in the ANPP. From the ANPP, we moved to the Congress for Progressive Change. I came to the House as a member of the CPC. From the CPC, we moved to the APC. His popularity still remains.

“But in politics, it depends on how you manage your political party. Let me give you an example: when we were in the CPC, we had three senators and 12 members of the House of Reps, but we lost the governorship. Under normal circumstances, that should be a takeaway, with three senators and 12 out of 15 members of the House of Reps.

“But we lost the governorship. So, it is not about individuals. When people are politically exposed, they don’t vote on that basis or because they like somebody; you vote on the basis that you want to bring development to your country with the assumption that what you are doing, you are voting for the right candidate that will change Nigeria.

“That is the bottom line. So, on the popularity of Buhari; he and Tinubu are two different persons. Let me tell you, in politics.

“I have seen a situation where someone will tell you, ‘I will vote for you’ in the same party, but they will vote for another person. It happens. So, the assumption is that everybody has a right to their decisions and you cannot because you are in a party assume that the party will win. If you do that, that is the first mistake of your life.

“The first thing you need to do is to x-ray and analyse how the people look at you because you don’t do politics by proxy, assuming that because they love you, they will vote for you, or because they are in your party. That is wrong. Gradually, in Nigeria, our democracy is growing.”