PRESIDENTIAL candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, said he is determined to restructure the country if elected into office in Saturday’s presidential poll, urging Nigerians to trust him as he remained a person that keeps his promise.
Atiku said this at the party’s presidential campaign rally which took place on Tuesday at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos and was attended by PDP leaders, faithful, among others.
They include his running mate, Mr. Peter Obi; the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki; PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus; former deputy national chairman of the party, Chief Olabode George; former Governors Gbenga Daniel and Ayodele Fayose; member, BoT of PDP, Dr Remi Akitoye, Dr Doyin Okupe, Senator Adeyeye Ogunlewe, governorship candidate of the party in Lagos, Mr Jimi Agbaje; former Governor Idris Wada, Oladipupo Adebutu, among others.
Others are: Captain Tunji Selleh, Dr Bimbola Ogunkelu, Mrs Grace Folasade Bent, among others.
This was just as Saraki, Secondus, wife the former vice president, Mrs Titi Abubakar, among others called on Nigerians to come out enmass on Saturday to vote the PDP candidate, Alhaji Abubakar, who they all said had the capacity to take the country and the citizens out of the present predicament that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had subjected them.
Abubakar, who described himself as a Lagosians having come to the city early in his life to hike a living, said with assurance that he was fully committed to fulfil his promise to restructure the country, create jobs and also ensure the establishment of a strong economy.
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Besides, the PDP presidential candidate, who lamented the state of affairs in the country in area of security, economy, among others which, he said the ruling APC had promised to fix as part of their campaign promises in 2015 elections, equally assured that he would work with the National Assembly and the judiciary to uphold the rule of law in the country.
“Most of you here, I came to Lagos before you were born. I am a Lagosian. Let me assure you people of Lagos and the South- West, I am not like APC, when I promise to do something, am going to do it.
“I promise am going to restructure Nigeria, I will do it. I promise to create jobs, I will create jobs.
“APC promised security, but there is insecurity in the land. I will respect institutions of our country. I will work with the National Assembly, the Judiciary and uphold the rule of law,” he said.
“APC are not those you can trust. Today, they have failed Nigeria. They promised to provide strong economy but have instead turned Nigeria to capital city of poverty in the whole world,” the PDP presidential candidate added, assuring that he was resolved to reversing the perilous state the country had currently found itself.
“I will reverse that if elected into office,” he declared.
Speaking further, Alhaji Abubakar also called on Lagosians to come on March 2, 2019 and vote for the PDP governorship candidate, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, promising that electing Agbaje into office would make them witness the kind of wonderful things they had not come about in life.
“The people of Lagos, if you elect PDP governor, you will see wonders you’ve never expected. With PDP governor in office, no more traffic congestion. Vote PDP all the way,” he said.
PDP vice presidential candidate, Mr. Obi, who also spoke, applauded the party and Alhaji Abubakar, declaring that the party if voted into power would address all the problems confronting the country and make it work it for the betterment of Nigerian citizens.
In his own remark, the Senate President, Saraki said Alhaji Abubakar was set to reposition the country as he possessed the capability to do it, urging Nigerians to vote him, to enable him do just that come this Saturday, even as he also lamented the poor state of affairs in the country.
According to him, the PDP candidate will provide better economy, create jobs for the Nigerian teeming youths, declaring: “This is the way, it is finished for Buhari.”
“God has stamped Atiku’s presidency and that is how it is going to be,” he said.
PDP National Chairman, Prince Secondus, while also decrying the situation in the country, assured that the party’s presidential candidate would bring back life to Nigeria’s economy as he possessed the required capabilities to achieve that feat.
“Atiku is the man that would bring back the economy, he has the energy, he has the capability, he would provide jobs, open all industries that have been closed, bring prosperity to the land, including Lagos,” he said.
Speaking further, “On the 2nd of March, that is the day of freedom for Lagos, vote for your man, a Lagosian, a man that has the capacity to do it, Jimi Agbaje.”
The party boss affirmed that PDP was now in charge and had equally gained momentum all over the country, declaring that Alhaji Abubakar was winning the election while the APC was desperate.
This was just as Secondus described the Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, as the worst governor in the country, decrying the statement the governor had made in respect of the foreign observers who might care to come and monitor the coming polls.
According to him, threatening the foreign observers with statement that they would become “body bags” if care was not taken was unfortunate, calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to prosecute him (el-Rufai).
“Is el-Rufai a terrorist? he queried, adding: “The world is watching. We want Buhari to prosecute el-Rufai. If not ICC would look for him.”
He, however, assured that PDP was winning the coming elections across the country, including Lagos, declaring that intimidation would not stop the party from claiming the victory unlike what happened in Ekiti, Osun, Edo elections, among others.
Chief George, former Governors Daniel and Fayose, among others also took turn to rally support for the PDP presidential candidate, urging Nigerians to come all out and vote the party into office for a positive change, with Fayose ending his short speech with sing that goes this way: “Buhari will go and Osinbajo will follow him.”
This was just as he congratulated the leaders and party faithful for what he called victory for winning ahead of the polls.
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