The Atiku Support Organisation has said that the former Vice president of Nigeria and one of the leading aspirants under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is not contesting as a regional, but a national candidate in the 2023 general elections.
Dr Victor Moses, National Publicity Secretary, Atiku Support Organisation said this in a statement he issued on Saturday, April 23, 2022 in Abuja, saying that Nigeria has never been this divided in history and is in dire need of a uniifier, which is in the person of Atiku.
This statement averred that, “In the annals of our history as a nation, we have never been so divided and disunited as a people as we are today under the President Buhari-led APC government. During this critical moment in our nation’s history, we need healing and not further divisive statements, ethnic or regional chauvinism, endorsement, and or consensuship to further divide us apart.
“Right now, Nigeria desperately needs a unifier, a president for all Nigerians, and NOT one for a particular section of the country. It is important to note that the Wazirin Adamawa, His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar, GCON is contesting for the office of the President of Nigeria as a NIGERIAN candidate aimed at uniting and rebuilding the nation, and not as a northern or regional candidate. This informed his decision not to subject himself to any consensus arrangement guided by regional sentiment.
“Nigerians are wiser now and need a man with the capacity to fix the nation. With very strong capacity and rich credentials, we firmly believe that the PDP national delegates will no doubt support His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar to lead the party to victory in the 2023 presidential election”.
The campaign organisation said their principal, Atiku Abubakar, is not part of the Ango Abdullahi-led consensus arrangement, and urged the supposed anointed candidates of the northern extraction; former Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki and Bauchi State governor, Senator Bala Mohammed to come to contest with Atiku to determine the preferred Nigerian candidate from PDP.
“Therefore, we are not perturbed by the consensus decision of the Prof. Ango Abdullahi-led Northern group because it’s inconsequential and of no effect. We wish to advise the duo of Sen. Bukola Saraki and Gov. Bala Mohammed to submit and subject themselves to the scrutiny and decision of the PDP’s national delegates, and not to a regional ethnic group.
“We, therefore, call on Nigerians and all the PDP national delegates to disregard such consensus arrangement, remain steadfast, and continue to rally support around His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar, GCON, the Wazirin Adamawa to clinch victory to rebuild and unite Nigerians as one people, one nation and one destiny”.