{"id":96928,"date":"2022-07-14T14:15:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T13:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=96928"},"modified":"2022-07-14T14:15:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T13:15:03","slug":"atiku-cuts-short-international-engagements-storms-pdps-guber-grand-rally-in-osun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/atiku-cuts-short-international-engagements-storms-pdps-guber-grand-rally-in-osun\/","title":{"rendered":"Atiku cuts short international engagements, storms PDP\u2019s guber grand rally in Osun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1738333823143023271\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, arrived in Abuja in the earlier hours of Thursday.<\/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\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nIt was learnt that Atiku set aside pre-scheduled meetings and appointments in Morocco and the United Kingdom, to be in Nigeria to participate in his party\u2019s governorship grand rally in Osogbo, Osun State on Thursday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Atiku had left for the US after choosing the governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate and amid the controversy generated by the choice.<\/p>\n<p>Some party chieftains, including Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State and former Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose, have criticised the way Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State was treated in the run-up to the emergence of Okowa as Atiku\u2019s running mate.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku failed to attend the rally of the party in Ekiti State ahead of the governorship election that was held on June 18, 2022. The PDP lost the election, coming third in the contest.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Many stakeholders in the PDP, including former President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; party chairman, Iyorchia Ayu; Atiku\u2019s running mate and governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, have arrived in Osun for the campaign.<\/div>\n<\/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>The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, arrived in Abuja in the earlier hours of Thursday. 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