Elder Statesman and former governor of old Anambra State in the Second Republic, Senator Jim Nwobodo, has declared that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has the ability and tenacity to restore the unity, security and economy of Nigeria if elected President.
Recall that Atiku, a former vice-president of Nigeria, cliched the presidential ticket of the party in its primary election that was held in Abuja on Saturday.
In his congratulatory message to Atiku, the national chairman of PDP, Dr. Iyorcha Ayu, and the stakeholders in the party on the successful conduct of the election and the emergence of Atiku, couched in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen in Abuja yesterday, Nwobodo said that the PDP’s victory was for all Nigerians.
Encouraging the candidate to follow through with his acceptance speech, Nwobodo, who also served as Senator between 1999 and 2003, enjoined Atiku to reunite all aggrieved members of the PDP who left the party into their fold, just as he asked other contestants of the presidential ticket to rally round the former vice-president for victory at the polls.
Titled: “Jim Nwobodo Congratulates Alhaji Atiku Abubakar”, the message read: “I congratulate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Wazirin Adamawa, on his resounding victory as the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), at yesterday’s primaries. Congratulations to our National Chairman, Dr. Iyorcha Ayu, for his leadership in achieving a successful, transparent and peaceful primary election. I also congratulate the Convention Committee Chairman, Senator David Mark, and my Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and his deputy.
“I congratulate all the other aspirants who contested with Atiku for their spirit of sportsmanship and appeal to them to rally around the flag bearer, as this success is success for all of them.
“Atiku’s victory is a victory for PDP, and victory for Nigeria in general. He has the ability, the temperament and the tenacity to restore the unity, security and economy of Nigeria without which a country does not exist.
“I encourage him to follow through with his acceptance speech to reach out to all the aggrieved members of our party who left the party and bring them back to the PDP family”.
