2023: Atiku Will Hand Over to Ndi Igbo, Says PDP Chieftain
- The southeast region has been promised that an Igbo man will occupy the presidency after Atiku's tenure
- PDP deputy director of media and publicity in the party's presidential management committee, Uloka Chibuike, said this in a statement
- According to him, Atiku can be trusted by the people of the region due to his antecedents in the past
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Awka - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the only sure way for the Ndigbo to attain the country’s presidency is for them to support the 2023 presidential aspiration of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
PDP chieftain and deputy director of media and publicity of the party's presidential management committee, Uloka Chibuike, said this in a statement made available to journalists on Tuesday, November 8.
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His words:
“We have more to gain from an alliance with the north than any other region in the country. Atiku has proved to the Igbo man that he can be trusted. No other tribe in Nigeria has trusted the Igbo man and made them direct partners in progress, except Atiku.
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“In 2007, against the uproar, he chose an Igbo from Anambra state in the person of Senator Ben Ndi Obi to be his running mate.
“Despite the animosity of many, he chose Mr. Peter Obi as his running mate in 2019 to prove his relationship with Ndi-Igbo.
“Again, despite Ohanaeze’s ban on Igbo politicians accepting the vice presidency in 2023, Atiku chose another Igbo man as his running mate in 2023, promising to hand over power to Ndi-Igbo after his term.”
Southeast not marginalised in Buhari’s rail projects, says FG
Meanwhile, the federal government has debunked claims that the southeast is marginalised in rail projects executed by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
The Guardian newspaper reports that the minister of transportation, Muazu Sambo, while responding to a question on why the region was restricted only to narrow gauge rail lines, said it was a wrong conclusion, adding that:
“There is no deliberate attempt whatsoever to marginalise the southeast, and, if anything, that is one part of the country that has benefited the most from Buhari’s infrastructure projects.”
2023: APC not a party to support, they are destroyers, Atiku declares
On his part, Atiku described the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as destroyers, adding that they don’t deserve to be supported.
The former vice president made the comment in Benin, Edo state on Saturday, October 22. ,
He said the APC has destroyed the educational system, economy, infrastructure and failed to address the security challenges facing the country.
2023: Atiku Abubakar says Arewa needs a pan-Nigerian leader
Recall that Atiku recently said that the credential of national inclusivity, not ethnicity should be an ideal that the northern part of the county should examine in electing a new president in 2023.
The former vice president of Nigeria made the remarks when he featured as a guest of the Arewa Joint Committee interactive session recently.
He noted that with a political career that spans more than three decades, he stands shoulder high as a northerner who has built bridges of unity across the country.
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