Former Vice President and Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has asked
for the support of Ekiti State delegates in the coming national convention of
the party, saying he has a programme to develop Nigeria.
During the visit, the
presidential hopeful was received by Ekiti State prospective delegates of the
party to the convention, as the state governor, Ayodele Fayose, admonished that
the party must unite to be able to wrestle power from President Muhammadu
Buhari.
Governor Fayose called for the
unity of members of the party, saying that Abubakar has “the shoulder, you have
the height, you have the wherewithal. Our prayer is that it will not be an
effort in futility.”
Charging the party on unity,
Fayose noted that “the greatest problem PDP may have is if we don’t go to that
election as brothers and sisters.”
He said: “The task before the PDP
at this time is not about who has been in the party before and who is just
joining. It is about rescuing Nigeria and its people from the calamity of this
Buhari’s government.”
While wishing Atiku well, the
governor said “come October 6th, this journey will fall in wonderful places for
you.”
Speaking earlier, the former vice
president lamented that the country had allegedly sunk into more corruption in
the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, and also claimed that even
during the civil war, Nigeria had not been as insecure as the country was in
this dispensation.
He told the delegates that “I
have come to appeal to you to support me in our party’s convention. I have the
programme that will best develop this country. I wish to appeal for your
individual and collective support.”
Turning to Fayose, he described
the Governor as “brutally frank”, saying “I like the way you do things. You’re
brutally frank. You say your mind, it’s a very very rare quality. So, I commend
you for who you are. We will stand by you and the party in Ekiti until you
retrieve your stolen mandate.”
The former vice president
reiterated that allegations of corruption against him were false, saying that
he had always called that “if you have any evidence of corruption against
Atiku, please come forward. But nobody has been able to come forward.”
While welcoming Atiku, chairman
of the PDP in Ekiti State, Chief Gboyega Oguntuwase, said “we have an interest
within this your project and by the grace of God, we want this your project to
succeed. Nigeria shall laugh, Ekiti shall laugh.”
Oguntuwase said “Atiku is the
option to a ‘lifeless president’. He’s not dead, but he is not somebody that
can be counted on to lead Nigeria to the promised land.”
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