Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), says he is not expecting the Labour Party (LP) to pull
off a surprise to win the 2023 presidential election.
Atiku spoke in an interview on Arise TV on Friday.
Speaking on the chances of the LP in the 2023 elections, the
PDP presidential candidate said the LP will not divide the votes meant for the
PDP as being suggested in some quarters.
Atiku questioned the performance of the LP in the just
concluded governorship election in Osun, saying the party does not have
governors, members of the national assembly and state assemblies.
“I really don’t
expect the Labour Party to take as many votes from the PDP as people are
suggesting,” he said.
“We could have seen it in the last election in Osun state.
What is the performance of the Labour Party?
“This is a party that doesn’t have a governor, doesn’t have
members of the national assembly, doesn’t have state assembly members, and
politics in this country depends on the structures you have at the various
levels — at the local government level, at the state level, and at the national
level.”
Speaking further, the former vice-president said 90 percent
of people in the north are not social media, insinuating that it will limit the
chances of the LP to win the 2023 presidential election.
“So, it is very difficult to expect a miracle to happen,
simply because Peter Obi is in the Labour Party. After all, they were saying
through social media, they had more than one million votes in Osun state,” he
said.
“But how many votes turned for the Labour Party? And then
again, mark you, you’re talking about social media. In the north, 90 percent of
our people are not tuned to social media.”
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