2019: APC has made it easier for us to win — Makarfi

It is being said in some quarters that PDP has not shown enough confidence and direction to convince Nigerians the party is set to take over power from APC in 2019. How prepared is the party for 2019?

No serious party will want to continue to remain as an opposition party. The role of any opposition party is to take over power and that is what we set our eyes on right now. And I want to thank APC for actually making our job easier and I continue to pray that APC continues to make our job easier as we move closer to elections. I do not pray Nigerians continue to suffer and that is why I believe Nigerians will make the right choice by voting out the party in power. 

As to our preparations, all I can say is that we are doing all that is legally and politically doable to achieve our objectives. It would be inappropriate for me to give a hint of what we are doing or what we are planning. 

It will amount to someone going to a battlefront and publishing your war plans, you have as well committed suicide before going for the war. We keep our plans to our chest but be rest assured we are used to the politicking and we shall leave no stone unturned.

Till date, many still feel the over-bearing influence of the Governors in the PDP is part of the reason why the party lost in 2015. It is also believed that such played out in deciding who emerged Chairman of the party at the December Convention. Being a former Governor and a major player in PDP, how do you react to this?

Well, going back to the 2015 elections, the North expected to have the ticket but even at that, our language was not so polite in the campaigns. The manner and language some of our members used in campaigning for 2015 was insulting to a certain part of the country.

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