{"id":96079,"date":"2022-06-16T18:20:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T17:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=96079"},"modified":"2022-06-16T18:20:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T17:20:29","slug":"atiku-okowa-candidacy-pdp-journey-back-to-aso-rock-begins-says-secondus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/atiku-okowa-candidacy-pdp-journey-back-to-aso-rock-begins-says-secondus\/","title":{"rendered":"Atiku, Okowa candidacy: PDP journey back to Aso Rock begins says Secondus\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Obiora Ifoh, Abuja<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Prince Uche Secondus has congratulated former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the Governor of Delta State for emerging the Presidential and Vice Presidential flag bearer of the party for 2023 general election.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prince Secondus in a statement from his media office commended the duo for the maturity they brought into the contest which must have been responsible for their eventual victory.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former National Chairman described Alhaji Abubakar as a square peg in a square hole whose pedigree in the nation\u2019s political space remains outstanding and speaks for itself.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prince Secondus said that Atiku\u2019s choice of Governor Okowa as his running mate says it all about his knack for picking good head to be around him for the gargantuan task ahead.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former National Chairman said that with the picking of a running mate, the candidacy is complete and PDP is now set for the inevitable\u00a0 journey back to Aso Rock come 2023.<\/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>Obiora Ifoh, Abuja The former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Prince Uche Secondus has congratulated former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the Governor of Delta State for&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":69532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96079","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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