Femi Adesina, presidential
spokesman, says Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), will not win the election even if witches and wizards
endorse him.
Adesina said this in reaction to
the endorsement of Abubakar by five socio-cultural groups in the country.
Writing via his Twitter handle on
Monday, he said President Muhammadu Buhari’s opponents will fail during the
elections, no matter whose endorsement they get.
“NEF, PANDEF, Afenifere, others
endorse Atiku. Let witches and wizards also endorse, if they like. The harder
they come, the harder they fail. No beating the Nigerian people,” he tweeted.
On Sunday, the Pan Niger Delta
Forum (PANDEF), Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF), Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Afenifere and
Middle Belt Forum (MBF) had adopted Abubakar, saying he had shown that he would
restructure the country if given the mandate.
But the Buhari campaign had
described the endorsement as a deception, alleging that it was engineered and
carried out by PDP supporters and sympathisers.
In a statement, Festus Keyamo had
said the PDP candidate and the people supporting him are “attracted to
themselves” because of their self interest and what they would benefit from one
another.
“As regards the endorsements by
the socio-cultural groups, there is no fraud bigger than that of known PDP
members and/or hardened PDP sympathizers wearing the apparel of socio-cultural
groups, purporting to represent entire regions and endorsing their own
political party,” the statement read.
“Their excuse that they are
supporting Alhaji Atiku Abubakar because of the bogey called ‘restructuring’ is
nothing but a subterfuge. In any case, Ohaneze had said in its earlier release
that the first reason they are endorsing Atiku Abubakar is that his running
mate is an Ibo man.
“Unfortunately for them,
President Muhammadu Buhari has managed to navigate his way directly to the
masses who they purport to represent and is ensuring that the dividends of
democracy reach the people directly.”
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