The former Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck
Jonathan, Doyin Okupe on Thursday insisted that the Senate President, Bukola
Saraki will emerge as the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, on Saturday.
Okupe said Saraki is a quintessential leader with an
intimidating track record of achievements.
He also stated that the pedigree of Saraki’s late father,
Abubakar Olusola Saraki will aide the Senate President in clinching PDP’s
presidential ticket.
Okupe, who is the Chairman, Media Committee of Abubakar
Bukola Saraki Presidential Campaign, in a statement said, “We have arrived the
garden city where the presidential candidate of PDP will be elected. It is a
great event that will determine and shape the future of Nigeria.
“His Excellency Dr. Bukola Saraki is a man that has been
aptly described as a man for this season. A man that has inborn proclivity for
leadership.
“He has an exemplary pedigree that is important for this
type of post. His late father, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki was a medical
practitioner and Bukola Saraki is a medical doctor.
“His father was a leader of the Senate and he is the Senate
President. His father was Waziri of Ilorin and he is the Waziri of Ilorin.
“Only a very few successful politician can point to such a
magnificent record. Besides, he has been a two term governor of Kwara State. He
was a Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum.
“As a senator, he is currently the Senate President and the
Chairman of the National Assembly. Prior to that, he was a Special Adviser to
President Olusegun Obasanjo on Budget Affairs.
“This man has been accepted widely across the country as the
defender of our democracy. The man that has stood to withstand fire and fury
from the incumbent government. The man that has stood even in the face of arms
and yet he was unbowed
“He is a great, confident, courageous, competent and
cerebral personality.
“He is a shinning light in the political firmament of the
PDP. Having gone round the country with Dr. Saraki, I am amazed at the level of
his acceptability in virtually every zone of the nation.
“Abubakar Bukola Saraki has become a national phenomenon and
his ideology and policy to grow Nigeria has become a doctrine especially
amongst young Nigerians”.
Okupe also insisted that Saraki enjoys some measure of
acceptability in the Northern part of the country.
He said, “Even some of the Northern elders are fully in
support of Bukola Saraki because many of them feel that his late father lived
and died for the north.
“When there were signs of disunity in the north, the late
Oloye traversed the length and breath of the north to bring everyone together.
Many people in the north, particularly elders now feel that it is about time to
pay back the late Olusola Saraki with a good measure by supporting his son.
“We are here to compete fairly and contest with all
seriousness. We recognize the obvious potentials of fellow aspirants.
“Virtually every of PDP aspirant is incomparable with
leadership of the incumbent political party. Bukola Saraki has a wide range of
support within the rank and file of the PDP.
“A clear majority of serving state governors in the PDP are
backing Bukola Saraki. And this is a very determinant factor on who emerges the
party’s flag bearer on Sunday.
“The message of Saraki, which is inclusiveness, equity and
the programme to grow Nigeria is unrivaled and this is what he has consistently
preached all over the nation. This has no doubt found great acceptability
amongst the delegates and the people of Nigeria”.
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