Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. |
The groups, who
stormed the headquarters of the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organization in
Wuse 2 area of Abuja with the forms they had earlier picked at the PDP national
secretariat, said that they resolved to tax themselves to raise the funds for
the PDP forms as expression of their commitment to support Atiku in his 2019
presidential bid.
Leaders of the groups
who spoke at the presentation ceremony extolled the democratic credentials of
the former Vice President while reaffirming their belief that Atiku has the
experience and the capacity to steer the ship of the country into a brighter
future from 2019.
Princess
Adekemi-Adesanya Eboda, national President and global coordinator for Women and
Youth Support for Atiku (WAYS), in her remarks said that Nigerians particularly
women are looking up to Atiku to salvage the country from the quagmire of the
APC-led maladministration
“I speak the voice of
millions of mothers in Nigeria who bear the brunt of the gale of jobs losses in
the country and I speak on behalf of women of this country urging you to rescue
Nigeria from this current bad situation. And to show you that we are solidly
behind you, we have chosen to purchase your nomination form and expression of
interest form from the PDP to contest for president in 2019 and we shall give
you all of our support.”
A leader of another
group, Mr. Edwin Adai presented the forms to Atiku on behalf of all the groups.
In his response,
Atiku, who was emotional during the remarks by Princess Eboda, said the
decision of the support group was the first time in his political career that
his supporters would show him such love to the extent of purchasing a
nomination form for him.
“I have been in
politics for the past three decades and in those three decades I have only been
on the ballot for the presidential election only once and that was in 2007.
“But not once in those
three decades have I received this much love from the people as you have done
today by choosing to purchase nomination forms on my behalf.
“By this action, there
is a pact between you and me that we are going to do this work together. Just
as you gathered here together, we shall enter the race for the PDP nomination
together and together also into the general election and by the grace of God
and through your hard work, I believe that we are going to win together”, Atiku
said.
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