Muhammed Suleiman, national youth leader of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), says Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour
Party (LP), is not known in many states in the north.
Suleiman spoke on Monday at the PDP youths and student
engagement town hall meeting in Lagos.
The PDP national youth leader said elections can only be won
by candidates who have structures across the country and not by sentiments.
“Some people are banking on sentiments to get votes from
their people which is very unfortunate,” he said.
“Tinubu is saying it
is his turn to be Nigeria’s president. We cannot hand over 200 million lives to
you without presenting and defending your policy document. We need a president
who can defend his policy document anywhere he finds himself in the world.
“Let me shift to the other side, the ‘Obidients’. You cannot
win the election by promoting sentiments. Telling people to vote for you
because you’re a Christian or Muslim is not the Nigeria we dream about.
“Let me tell you this: If you go to Katsina, Sokoto and many
other states in the north — they don’t know anything like Peter Obi.
“You must take your
campaign to the grassroots. We have over 170, 000 polling units in Nigeria; and
let me tell you that Labour Party doesn’t have a structure in 80 percent of
these polling units. How are they going to win elections? They cannot win.”
Also speaking at the event, Alao John, deputy south-west
coordinator of the National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS), reaffirmed
the group’s support for Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the PDP.
John, who formally endorsed Abubakar at the PDP rally in
Oyo, said the former vice-president has the vision to reform the education
sector.
“We are very optimistic that we shall deliver Atiku
Abubakar. For an active educational system in Nigeria, vote Atiku. We need
someone who will change the narrative of our great country. That is why I’m
calling on our parents here to support Atiku,” he said.
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