says the unprecedented crowd and overwhelming support for the people’s
candidate, Atiku Abubakar, by Nigerians, at the PDP Presidential
campaign rally in Kano, has clearly shown that President Muhammadu
Buhari has lost the support of the North West.
Kola Ologbondiyan, Spokesman of the PDP said “The mammoth crowd that
embraced Atiku Abubakar in Kano has finally awakened President Buhari to
the stark reality that he has lost it all in Kano state.
“The spontaneous jubilation by Nigerians across the entire Kano state, in
receiving Atiku Abubakar, reinforces their rejection of President Buhari
for impoverishing the people with his incompetence as well as endorsing
corruption in the state.
“The people of Kano state are in alignment with other states of the
federation, particularly in the north, in rejecting President Buhari for
his manifest aloofness and insensitivity to the welfare of the poor,
while his close relations and cabal at his Presidency live in arrogant
opulence.
“President Buhari’s rejection is also a clear statement by the people of
Kano State, that his public approval of the corruption activities of
Kano state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, who was recently exposed in
series of video allegedly collecting bribe in foreign currency from
contractors, is unwelcomed.
“That President Buhari could publicly raise the hand of Governor Ganduje
at a recent rally was an unpardonable affront to the people of Kano, who
have a long history of standing against corruption.
“Also, the surging of the people of Kano in receiving Atiku Abubakar is a
further demonstration of their anger against President Buhari’s panicky
measure of importing mercenaries from Niger Republic into the state to
populate his recent campaign rally, instead of addressing issues.
“The complete rejection of President Buhari in the face of the soaring
acceptance of Atiku Abubakar across the country, particularly in the
North West states of Kano, Sokoto, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kebbi, Zamfara and
Katsina, which were hitherto considered as President Buhari’s
stronghold, has clearly displayed that President Buhari and his
dysfunctional All Progressives Congress (APC) have come to the end of
the road.
“This explains why the Buhari Presidency and the APC are desperate to
manipulate and rig the February 16 Presidential elections.
“The PDP therefore charges Nigerians to politically occupy on the day of
election and use all legitimate measure to protect their votes in the
overall quest to rescue our nation from President Buhari’s misrule and
return it to the path of national cohesion and economic prosperity under
the leadership of Atiku Abubakar.