Osita Okechukwu, director-general of the Voice of Nigeria
(VON), says northern Christians will not vote for Atiku Abubakar, presidential
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Okechukwu spoke while fielding questions from journalists in
Abuja on Sunday.
He said the APC will change whatever is not working in the
country if the party wins the 2023 elections.
“Our first slogan in APC is change. Our mantra is change. We
will not remain static, never. We will change whatever is not working. All we
ask Nigerians is to give us another 8 years as you gave our sister political
party, the PDP,” he said.
“Regarding the northern
Christians’ outrage over APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket; if any pundit thinks they
will vote for Atiku, my answer is ‘capital NO’. No matter what, they know he is
bringing nothing new to the table.
“But I know that in the fullness of time, contrary to the speculations
of spin doctors, they would not vote for the former vice-president.
“Find out. Northern Christians do not trust Atiku. They know
his cherry-picking antics as per rule of law and rotation convention. They also
know his ambivalence on religion, as demonstrated in the late Deborah’s
imbroglio in Sokoto, which is still fresh in the mind of every Christian.
“Secondly, they know
that Tinubu and by extension the Yorubas’ DNA is devoid of religious extremism
and bigotry. Yorubas celebrate Eid and Xmas together.”
Okechucku alleged that Atiku breached the rotation agreement
of the opposition party.
“They are fully aware that Atiku has violently breached the
rotation convention of president from north to south and, painfully, by
extension, of the PDP’s constitution. If he fails as in 2019, the rotation
convention goal post must be shifted,” he said.
“It is on record that Atiku enjoyed and celebrated rotation
convention when in 2018, Governor Nyesom Wike and other southerners in
obedience to the letters and spirit of section 3(c) of PDP’s constitution
allowed only northern presidential aspirants to contest in Port Harcourt.
“But in the 2022 PDP
presidential primary election, he fought tooth and nail to jettison the
rotation convention, arguing childishly that it is not applicable to PDP.
Hence, breached section 3(c) of PDP’s constitution. Some of us southerners are
as hurt as northern Christians over this willful breach.”
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