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2019: Atiku, Saraki, Secondus, PDP govs hold crucial meeting
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and members of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council met in Abuja on Wednesday night to strategise ahead of the commencement of the party’s presidential campaign.
The meeting, which was held at the PDP Presidential Campaign office (Legacy House), was attended by notable members of the council.
The PUNCH correspondent reports that the meeting was the first Atiku held with the members of the campaign council since they were named a few days after the former Vice-President won the party’s presidential nomination.
Sources at the meeting said Atiku formally informed the members of his desire to run a broad-based campaign devoid of acrimony and that he would want the campaign to be issue-based.
It was also gathered that issues of logistics, funding and how to fill other positions in the campaign council were discussed.
The PUNCH correspondent gathered that a former minister (name withheld) from Kwara State was tipped as spokesperson for the campaign council.
The PUNCH, November 16, 2018
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