By Daniel Kanu
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) on Monday said the mammoth crowd of supporters that received the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, at the North-West Presidential zonal rally in Sokoto, Sokoto was a clear demonstration that Nigerians had reached a consensus to vote Atiku in as the next president of our country.
The campaign council said it appreciated and commended the courage and show of patriotism by the people of the North- West in rejecting President Buhari and sectional politics to support Atiku Abubakar, in keeping with the collective quest to unify our nation and revamp our ailing economy.
A statement by the national publicity secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyann said: “Atiku Abubakar’s acceptance by the North-West establishes the common feeling among Nigerians that he embodies a practical solution to the myriad problems brought upon our nation by Muhammadu Buhari’s incompetent, divisive, repressive and insensitive administration.
“The massive reception expresses the confidence of the North-West in Atiku Abubakar’s proven pro-poor stance; his standing affinity with the down-trodden and his demonstrated competence, capacity and political will to revamp our economy, end starvation, sectional acrimony, human rights abuse and humongous corruption, which the Buhari administration has unleashed on our nation in the last three and half years.”
The PDP campaign council therefore, urged the people of the “North-West and Nigerians in general, to continue to stand in unity in their resolution to vote for Atiku Abubakar as the next President and free our nation from the clutches of his misrule.”
