ATIKU: S’East endorsement shows resolve of Nigerians to vote out ‘incompetent’ Buhari– PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari and his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party are jittery over the acceptance of its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar.

“The spontaneous and overwhelming acceptance accorded our presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the South East is a manifestation of the trajectory that awaits him in all the geo-political zones across the country.

“This acceptance demonstrates the settled resolve of Nigerians across board to vote out the incompetent President Muhammadu Buhari administration because of its manifest failures in governance.”

The party stated this in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, adding that it was aware of how “this acceptance has sent jitters to the APC and President Buhari having belied claims that Mr. President and the APC were making inroads into the South East.”

The statement read further, “With the assemblage of all leaders of note in every sector from all the five states of the South East receiving our candidate, it is settled that President Buhari and the APC do not have any support in the zone.

“This acceptance could not have been less significant because the Buhari-led APC administration has no achievement, of any sort, in the entire zone.

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“The PDP commends the people of the Southeast and Nigerians in general for their courage in collectively resolving to rally with Atiku and our other candidates to rescue our nation from shackles of the Buhari administration and return her to the path of good governance, national cohesion and economic prosperity.”

The APC had earlier described the endorsement as an affront to the people of South East, who according to it suffered worst under the 16 years PDP was in power.

By Ebere Ndukwu

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