….says Atiku-Okowa ready to carry everybody including Wike along when they win
The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given the reason it called off its planned presidential rally slated for Port Harcourt Rivers State.
Mr. Charles Aniagwu, Spokesperson of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, disclosed on Tuesday while speaking on AIT noted that rising spate of insecurity in the state was the reason the party called off the rally.
He said that the party opted out of the rally because Atiku Abubakar and Ifeanyi Okowa believed that their ambition was not worth the blood of any Nigerian.
Aniagwu also accused Governor Nyesom Wike of setting traps and mines for Atiku’s supporters in the state, adding that Nigerians didn’t witness half of what Wike is doing in Rivers during the military era in the country.
The Spokesperson maintained that the PDP’s selling point in the election is the abysmal performance of the All Progressives Congress (APC) pointing out that PDP would sweep virtually all the strongholds of the APC in the country.
He said, “Is it not preposterous that a Wike who claimed APC had cancer and PDP malaria that was treatable and now turned around to support Tinubu and APC he once denigrated? That tells you the character of the man he is.
“Atiku has examined the whole scenario playing out in Rivers State, yes he may have enough policemen to secure him, his running mate, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa and indeed some leaders of the party in Rivers State, but will it be possible to provide enough security for the massive supporters that would come to the stadium that was approved, cancelled and re-approved?
Aniagwu added, “So like Jonathan said in 2015 when he said that his ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian, the presidential candidate of the PDP and his running mate believe that their ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian and that they would not want to sacrifice any Nigerian on the altar of wanting to be President.
“We will device means of talking to our brothers and sisters in Rivers state because we believe that Rivers State is still largely PDP and that they will vote for Atiku-Okowa and one way or the other we will reach out to them and talk to them but having to organise a rally where anybody will even have to lose his life is not something we would want to undertake.
The PDP chieftain said, “As Nigerians, everybody knows that the conduct of the Rivers State Governor in the whole process has not demonstrated statesmanship.
“He is a member of our party and we have accorded him the respect we believe he deserves but you know that he has reciprocated that by way of his comments, actions and Nigerians must be wary of this kind of conduct.
“For us our determination is to bring everybody together in this country and Atiku and Okowa are determined to do that.
“Atiku and Okowa are ready to carry everybody along when they win including Nyesom Wike irrespective of the attacks and so let no one think that Wike will be in trouble if Atiku wins.
“Wike won’t be in any trouble because that is not on the agenda of Atiku. Our presidential candidate is ready to recover our country and if Wike has any role to play in helping to make our country function effectively, we will do that,” he stated.
He said the safety of individuals who come to the party’s rally was very much important, hence having seen the dangers ahead the party would not subject its members to such dangers.
“We believe that by the grace of God Atiku-Okowa will not only win Rivers but they will win the majority of votes in this election and at the same time garner 25 percent in 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
“From the day Atiku-Okowa is pronounced winner they would start the process of rebuilding this country,” Aniagwu stated.
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