Enugu state, on Sunday congratulated the former Vice President, Alhaji
Abubakar Atiku, following his emergence as the presidential candidate of
the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), while calling on him to choose the
country’s former finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala or Senator Ben
Murray-Bruce, representing Brass Senatorial zone of Bayesa state as his
running mate, to give technical coloration to his aspiration.
Chief Eya, a former Enugu North senatorial aspirant on the platform of
PDP, who spoke after a keenly contested primary election of the PDP, at
the national convention of the party held at the Adokiye Amasiemeka
stadium, Igwuruta-Ali, Port Harcourt, Rivers state, congratulated the
party’s delegates for their bold decision during the exercise.
Chief Eya noted that his choice of the two candidates mentioned above were
to allow front-line technocrats in the country the opportunity to chart a
new course for the Nation’s bastardized economy under the APC in one term.
In a statement by his media aide, Gwiyi Solomon, the PDP chieftain urged
the other presidential aspirants who participated in the primary election
to happily accept the outcome of the contest and rally round the chosen
candidate of the party as the tasks ahead of the general election will be
daunting.
Chief Eya said: “The wise thing to do at the moment is for Atiku to choose
Dr. Okonjo Iweala or Senator Ben Murray-Bruce to give technical
colouration to his aspiration.”
“While I congratulate our delegates for a good job, I also want to beg
other contestants in the exercise to hug Atiku and become ‘Atikulated’ as
the tasks ahead of the coming general election will no doubt, appear very
daunting;” Gwiyi quoted Eya as saying in the statement.