{"id":95456,"date":"2022-05-29T17:19:07","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T16:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=95456"},"modified":"2022-05-29T17:19:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T16:19:07","slug":"tinubu-congratulates-welcomes-atiku-to-presidential-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/tinubu-congratulates-welcomes-atiku-to-presidential-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu congratulates, welcomes Atiku to Presidential contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1734177558923409639\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">National Leader of All Progressives Congress and frontline presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for emerging as the flag bearer of the opposition\u00a0 Peoples Democratic Party, following the primary conducted at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja on Saturday.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Tinubu commended\u00a0 Atiku for his patriotism and commitment to Nigeria&#8217;s progress.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Tinubu also congratulated the other contestants for the orderly and peaceful way they conducted themselves and for pledging to rally round the winner, in the true spirit of democratic sportsmanship.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Director, Media &amp; Communication<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Tinubu Campaign Organisation, Bayo Onanuga in a statement said Tinubu expects the former Vice-president , who was also the 2019 presidential candidate of the PDP,\u00a0 to be his\u00a0 worthy opponent, by the Grace of God and the support of APC delegates, in the coming 2023 President election.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The APC National Leader said\u00a0 Atiku\u2019s victory\u00a0 didn&#8217;t come as a surprise to Nigerians because of his vast experience as a statesman and veteran of many presidential contests from 1993.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">While welcoming the PDP candidate to the race, Tinubu added that the coming election should be about issues that will improve the quality of life of Nigerians; bring peace, progress, political stability and solve myriad of sociopolitical challenges and insecurity\u00a0 currently facing the country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;I welcome the victory of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the just concluded primary. I look forward to squaring up with him as a worthy opponent in the coming election. I have known the former Vice President as a formidable politician and a patriot who believes in the unity and progress of our dear country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201c As we move further into the election season, I charge the PDP presidential candidate and all political actors across Party lines that we should make this election season one that is devoid of bitterness, rancour and strife.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe should make our campaigns peaceful and issue based. Election season should be a festival of ideas that will uplift our country and improve the living condition of all our people.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cUnfortunately for the PDP, its candidate will be\u00a0 burdened to explain why Nigerians should give it another opportunity, after squandering 16 years at the central government, without much to show\u201d.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cNigerians are yet to forget the national ruin and mismanagement of our country for 16 years by successive PDP administration and this bad memory will dog the campaign of the PDP Candidate\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201c Nevertheless, I once again congratulate our former Vice President for his victory in his party&#8217;s primary.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/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>National Leader of All Progressives Congress and frontline presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for emerging as the flag bearer of the opposition\u00a0&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":95457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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