{"id":60917,"date":"2018-02-22T05:31:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T04:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=60917"},"modified":"2018-02-22T05:34:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T04:34:27","slug":"2019-group-begins-mobilization-in-lagos-says-atiku-best-presidential-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/2019-group-begins-mobilization-in-lagos-says-atiku-best-presidential-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"2019: Group begins mobilization in Lagos, says Atiku best presidential candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group, the Atiku Mandate 2019 has been launched in Lagos with members<br \/>\nstating that a former Vice President of the country, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar<br \/>\nremains the best presidential candidate capable of moving the country<br \/>\nforward amongst gladiators jostling for the nations Presidency.<br \/>\nComprising of members from all the political parties, the Lagos State<br \/>\nCoordinator, Prince Lanre Osundairo at the end of the inaugural meeting of<br \/>\nthe group in Ikeja<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1277990225\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Sunday<\/span><\/span>said the country needed the former number two<br \/>\nman owing to the vast political contacts across the length and breadth of<br \/>\nthe country would steer the country to the proverbial promise land.<br \/>\nOsundairo who is a chieftain of the main opposition party, the PDP praised<br \/>\nAtiku as perhaps the best prepared for the job and that Nigerians should<br \/>\ngive him the opportunity to lead them, saying voting for the former Vice<br \/>\nPresident amounts to a new dawn for the country.<br \/>\nAddressing the media shortly after the meeting, which lasted for two<br \/>\nhours, Osundairo stated that As you can see, most of the people you see<br \/>\nhere are not politicians but people who have genuine love for the former<br \/>\nVice President. I admit that some of us are politicians but the propelling<br \/>\nrationale for being members of this movement is for us to ensure that our<br \/>\nprincipal assumes the mantle of leadership of the country.<br \/>\nOn the scope of the new group, he stated that We are putting in place a<br \/>\nviable platform for all Nigerians who love the Waziri of Adamawa to come<br \/>\ntogether to demonstrate our love for Alhaji Atiku by canvassing for votes<br \/>\nfor him at the grassroots.<br \/>\nCommenting on some of the allegations that continued to dodge the<br \/>\naspiration of the former Vice President, Osundairo stated that Atiku has<br \/>\nthrown the gauntlet to whoever is making such allegations to come forward<br \/>\nwith proof, adding that since nobody has come up with any of such, the<br \/>\nallegations are mere beer parlour rumours to tarnish Atikus image.<br \/>\nThe Lagos State Secretary of the group, Dr. Kayode Ojutiku stated that the<br \/>\nprocess of wooing residents of the state to join in the movement has been<br \/>\nsmooth owing to the respect that the Adamawa State born politicians<br \/>\ncommands amongst Nigerians.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group, the Atiku Mandate 2019 has been launched in Lagos with members stating that a former Vice President of the country, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar remains the best presidential candidate&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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