PDP will disappoint Atiku during 2019 elections - Popular cleric makes prediction

- A popular Islamic cleric, Sabit Olagoke, has predicted that President Muhammadu Buhari would win 2019 presidential election

- The grand Imam of Shafaudeen in Islam worldwide said that the former vice president Atiku Abubakar would be disappointed by his party, PDP, during the election

- Olagoke, however, warned that the wrath of God would descend on anybody or group of people plotting to cause violence and plunge the country into any upheaval

A renowned Islamic cleric in Oyo state, Professor Sabit Olagoke, has predicted that despite the stiff competition between the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), President Muhammadu Buhari, would win the presidential race next year.

Legit.ng regional reporter in Ibadan, Newsman Babson, reports that Olagoke, who is the grand Imam of Shafaudeen in Islam worldwide, disclosed this in Ibadan, while releasing his 2019 predictions to the country.

The prediction was said to have been made after his confinement and fasting as well as prayer for the country.

The cleric said: "Against all odds, winners would emerge. APC as a party would have some threat and surprises but election would tend to favour the incumbent president.

Speaking on the chances of PDP in 2019 elections, he said: "The PDP on the other hand, would create scene of disappointment for its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

Olagoke declared that the 2019 elections would come up after some structural adjustment for effective feasibility, adding that all stakeholders in the elections must ensure that the elections were free, fair and credible in order to avoid stalemate.

He warned that the wrath of God would descend on anybody or group of people plotting to cause violence and plunge the country into any upheaval.

On security of the country, Olagoke urged Nigerians to "pray against a situation of mass drift of people from a part of the country to the other, let us work for peace and tighten up security"

''Generally, 2019 shall be characterised by the events of problematic challenges and reconstruction for re-positioning, favourable year of economic revival, new face of education management boost on security enhancement and favourable year for sports."

The cleric, however, called on the political class to imbibe the culture of tolerance, focus on the issue of welfare, adding that the religious sector should imbibe the spirit of religious harmony to promote peace in the country and be more dedicated to the service of God to save the nation through their prayer.

Olagoke, who was a former Dean school of engineering, Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro in Ogun state, said thered would be a boost in education if the policy makers in education could resolve the conflict with university and polytechnic lecturers regarding their demands, pointing out that the nation's budget on education is extremely lower than UNESCO'S guideline.