Aniagwu said Atiku will defeat Obi in South East given the level of turn out at the recently held PDP’s presidential rallies in Anambra and Imo states
By Kehinde Okeowo
Spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential Campaign Council, Charles Aniagwu has said his party’s flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar, will beat the Labour Party’s candidate, Peter Obi in the South East geopolitical zone.
Aniagwu made the assertion while speaking recently on Arise TV, where he insisted the PDP was still very popular in the South East and urged Nigerians to support Atiku in his bid to rescue the nation from destruction.
According to the Delta State Commissioner for Information, after the turn out at the party’s presidential rally in Anambra and Imo states, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demonstrated it has what it takes to win in the South East.
Aniagwu said contrary to claims that the Labour Party Presidential candidate will win the zone because he is from the South East, popular politicians have been defeated in their strong holds in the past.
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He went on to say just the way Peter Obi in the South East, Atiku Abubakar and Rabiu Kwankwaso are from the North while, Bola Tinubu is from the South-West, so individuals will naturally come from somewhere.
“That a man comes from somewhere does not mean that he may not be defeated and I may need to take you back to 1992 and if you could recall Bashir Tofa and Moshood Abiola. Tofa from Kano and Abiola from Ogun State in the South-West but Abiola defeated him in Kano.
“So that a man is from a place does not mean that the place will automatically be for him. And so I would not want us to be intimidated by the fact that somebody is from somewhere.
“Atiku is not just speaking and making promises, his chances both in the South-East and elsewhere in the country are far brighter than even the northern star and that is on the basis of his pedigree in time past.
“You will recall that between 1999 and 2007, Atiku and Obasanjo held sway in this country and their records are there for everyone to see,” Aniagwu said.
Highlighting Atiku’s qualities, the campaign spokesman further said his principal has the gift of talent hunting which will help in developing the country, he added that he once exhibited such as the Vice president.
“Atiku is not just talking because he has the ability to search for talents irrespective of where they are from.
“Dr Okonjo Iweala and Professor Chukwuma Soludo who served as Minister of Finance and Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, were discovered by Atiku and they made great impact during their tenure,” he added.
On bringing peace back to the South-East, Aniagwu said Atiku had already enshrined peace and unity in his policy document “My Covenant With Nigerians”