By Mike Odiakose
Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum, Hon Aminu Tambuwal of Monday in Kaduna took the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to the cleaners, describing the party as peddlers of fake news.
Speaking at PDP presidential rally at the former capital of the Northern region, Governor Tambuwal said the ruling APC has been desperate to disorganise PDP rallies but have so far failed.
According to him, “Some people said PDP has suspended its rallies in Nigeria, we issued a statement that, it was face news manufactured from the fake news laboratory of the APC and we are here in Kaduna today.
“We have also just witnessed another effort to throw spanners in our works, they will fail and they have failed, they will continue to fail by the Grace of God.
“They do not want us to continue because they are not prepared, they have not even constituted their presidential campaign council, not to talk of flagging off their campaign because of infighting. They are busy fighting themselves.
“We are here in Kaduna, the political capital of Northern Nigeria and we are indeed very happy to be here. I believe the people of Kaduna have seen and have felt the negative impact of the APC administration in Nigeria, all the textile industries in Nigeria have closed down, all manufacturing concerns in Kaduna are out of business.
“When Atiku is elected by the Grace of God, we shall bring back all the factories and manufacturing in Nigeria. Part of the agenda of the Atiku and PDP of re taking Nigeria is growing the economy and you can only grow the economy when you grow the production sector and manufacturing.
“Atiku Abubakar administration will ensure that by the Grace of God we will reinvigorate and reestablish our industries for economic growth and for jobs to be created for the people to have what to do.
“They wanted to stop this rally, to disrupt us, but they could not do it, PDP is in your DNA.
“Whether they give you the venue for the rally or not, even if it is on the road we shall gather and we shall win.
“The APC has failed, they have failed woefully and they do not want us to take over and reconstruct this country, we are going to rescue this country whether they like it or not, because the party is in the heart.
“The party is not on the street, anything they do resist it, make sure you organize. In the last election PDP got the highest vote in Kaduna State, in 2023 we are going to double the votes we got in 2019.
“Let no body deceive himself by distracting you that we are going to lose, they have been doing everything to show that this party is divided, but we are united. We are a united political party, we are going to win all our five elections. House of Assembly, House of Representatives, Senate Governorship and above all we are moving to the Villa. Carry your PVC and make sure that Atiku wins everywhere.
Also speaking, the PDP presidential running mate, Doctor Ifeanyi Okowa described Atiku Abubakar as a pan Nigerian that should be supported to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari.
“We are privileged today to have a presidential candidate who believes in Nigeria. Among all the presidential candidates, he is a pan Nigeria who believes that both the north and the south must work together for the good of all of us and we thank God for the life of Atiku Abubakar.
“I am happy and privileged to his vice-presidential candidate because I know that he has a solution to the problems that we have in Nigeria today.
“With Atiku Abubakar as president, we will not go back to our beds very hungry. We will not be poor because he knows what to do to make us work and to enable each and every one of us have a place to work to earn money and that is what we need in Nigeria today. Atiku Abubakar is the man who is ready ensure that the insecurity.
“I bring you greetings from the south of the country. Those of us in the South, in the south-south, in the Southeast and the Southwest, we are ready to vote for Atiku and the PDP. By the time the results come out in February, PDP will win in the south-south, win in the southeast and the PDP will win in the Southwest.
!When we were going to Osun just three months ago, they were saying that PDP cannot do anything but when the results came out, PDP won Osun state. We won the state of the presidential candidate of the APC. That shows you how strong the PDP is.
“The people of Kaduna are happy with you and will ensure that all the votes from Kaduna goes to the PDP because we are ready and by grace of Gods, we shall win elections and you will be happy for it because you will not go to bed hungry. For our people especially the youths, we will ensure that they get jobs that they’re able to go to school.”
