The campaign organization of the presidential candidate of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has
described former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of the Labour
Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi as his wish.
Obasanjo in a letter on Sunday morning endorsed Obi for the
February 2023 presidential election.
Reacting to this, the spokesperson of the Atiku Presidential
Campaign, Kola Ologbondiyan on Sunday said Obasanjo’s endorsement does not
reflect the wishes of most Nigerians.
Atiku’s campaign said Obi does not have the requisite
experience, adding that the PDP candidate is the most experienced among all
candidates. It expressed confidence that most Nigerians will support and elect
the PDP’s presidential candidate.
According to the former National Publicity Secretary of the
PDP, former President Obasanjo is entitled to his personal opinion, which
remains individualistic and cannot redirect Nigerians from their determination
to vote for Atiku to rescue and rebuild Nigeria from the alleged misrule of the
All Progressives Congress, APC.
He expressed surprise at the former President’s endorsement
of Obi who has not had any experience in governance at the national level in
the face of the alarming challenges facing the nation, which requires a tried
and tested hand.
The statement reads in part: “In any case, Chief Obasanjo’s
opinion cannot sway Nigerians who can easily remember how he endorsed President
Muhammadu Buhari, whose administration, he (Obasanjo) now describes as
“stressful years for many Nigerians,” during which our nation “moved from
frying pan to fire and from mountain top to the valley.”
“It is, therefore, extremely difficult for Nigerians,
particularly the youth demography, to accept Chief Obasanjo’s opinion as the
solution to the myriad of challenges facing the nation today because the last
candidate he introduced, by his estimation, failed Nigerians.
“Our campaign holds that none of the Presidential candidates
has the experience, capacity, tenacity of purpose, presence of mind, and
readiness to serve like Atiku Abubakar.
“Atiku remains the most widely accepted candidate, whose
choice is not predicated by sectional, tribal, ethnic or religious sentiments
or the endorsement of any individual, high or low, but by the record of ability
and performance, authentic vision, honesty, and character; physical and mental
capacity; the very indices set by the former President.
“It is instructive to state that every claim by former
President Obasanjo on the success of his administration is a reflection of the
performance of Atiku Abubakar as his Vice President and Chairman of the
National Economic Council during which our nation achieved unprecedented
economic growth to become one of the fastest growing economies in the world”.
Ologbondiyan said it is a disservice for the former
President to make subjective suggestions even when it is clear that when Atiku
becomes president Nigeria will be rescued from this “current sullen state.”
The Atiku campaign organization urged Nigerians not to be
distracted by subjective opinions but to remain focused on the resolve to
salvage the nation by electing the former Vice President.
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