Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has said he possesses the qualities needed to win the presidency in the 2023 general election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Atiku said this on Thursday, during a meeting with the South-West PDP leaders.
He noted that he stands a chance to win owing to his performance as the PDP presidential candidate in the 2019 general election.
“If I had garnered nearly 12 million votes in the last election, why would I not be given the right of first refusal, because everybody else is going to start from zero level now?” he asked.
“The reason why APC came into being is that they saw Buhari [with] the same 11 to 12 million votes he garnered in the previous election. They said ‘look, this man has already 11 to 12 million votes; why can we not give him our ticket so that we can win the election?’ That was how he got the ticket.
“So, why not give me the right of first refusal since I am still capable, I am still able, I am still agile.
“This is what I want you to consider as you go to make up your mind to vote in the next convention. These are straightforward simple analyses which I want to put before you. You are all very informed; you are very well educated; there is no issue of sentiment here. Nobody should come to you and tell you it is south or north, east or west. What you want to do is you want to win and who is most likely to win.
“I dare say the person who is most likely to win is sitting here before you, and I am not carrying any baggage. Certainly not.”
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