The Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation of the People’s Democratic Party says the subjective support for Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, by former President Olusegun Obasanjo is his wish which does not reflect the opinion or position of the overwhelming majority of Nigerians across the country.
Spokesperson of the campaign organisation Kola Ologbondiyan in a statement said “While former President Obasanjo is entitled to his personal opinion; as remarkable as it may appear, it remains individualistic and cannot redirect Nigerians from their determination to rally with the more experienced, more proficient and more accepted Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, to rescue and rebuild our nation from the APC misrule”.
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Ologbondiyan added that in the face of current challenges in the country, Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo is suggesting a candidate that has not had any experience in governance at the national level instead of a tested hand like Atiku Abubakar who was his vice, President.
He said Obasanjo’s opinion will not sway Nigerians from their decision and that it will be difficult for the youth demography to accept Chief Obasanjo’s opinion as the solution to the myriad of challenges facing the nation today because the last candidate he, Obasanjo, introduced, by his estimation, did not live up to Nigerians’ expectations.
According to the Atiku/ Okowa Campaign organisation “Our campaign holds that none of the Presidential candidates has the experience, capacity, tenacity of purpose, presence of mind and readiness to serve like Atiku Abubakar. Atiku remains the most widely accepted candidate, whose choice is not predicated by sectional, tribal, ethnic or religious sentiments or the endorsement of any individual, high or low, but by record of ability and performance, authentic vision, honesty and character; physical and mental capacity; the very indices set by the former President.
Ologbondiyan stated that “every claim by former President Obasanjo on the success of his administration is a reflection of the performance of Atiku Abubakar as his Vice President and Chairman of the National Economic Council during which our nation achieved unprecedented economic growth to become one of the fastest growing economies in the world. It, therefore, amounts to a disservice for the former President to make a subjective suggestion even when it is clear that if a hand like Atiku Abubakar with their shared experience is brought to the forefront of governance, our nation will be rescued from this current sullen state”.
The Atiku/ Okowa Campaign organisation urged Nigerians to remain focused on the resolve to salvage Nigeria by electing Atiku Abubakar as the next President of Nigeria, come February 25, 2023.
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