…says Insecurity, Poor Economy Made Tinubu Unsellable
A group under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Ekiti State known as “The Atiku Mobilisers” (TAME), has said that the outcome of the 2023 presidential election in Ekiti State will shock the APC.
The group boasted that the presidential candidate, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku would Garner over 60 percent of the votes cast in Ekiti.
The group told the All Progressives Congress not to be carried away by the euphoria of the victory recorded in the June 18 governorship poll in Ekiti, saying the reverse will be the case in 2023.
The group’s Chairman and ex-Ekiti State Deputy governor, Dr. Sikiru Lawal, who spoke during the meeting of the TAME’s Local government Coordinators, in Ado Ekiti said the frightening insecurity and poor economic status have made the APC Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu unmarketable to Nigerians.
The party mocked President Muhammadu Buhari-led goverment over its failure in the management of security and economy, adding that this has made Nigerians weary of supporting Tinubu.
Lawal said: “We have coordinators in all the 177 wards and we will soon appoint the coordinators across 2445 units to galvanise support for our candidate.We did poorly in the governorship election in Ekiti, because the PDP preparation was poor. But we are going to win Ekiti election for the presidency.
“We have realised our mistakes and the result was as a result of internal wranglings. We are working hard at the unit and ward levels. We will salvage the situation.
“There is no party without rancour, we are going to come together. The unemployment , insecurity and the bad state of the economy have made Asiwaju Tinubu unsellable to Nigerians.
“We are going to change the change , because the APC change has brought hardship and bloodshed to Nigerians. PDP is targeting 60 percent of the votes cast in Ekiti because the Nigerian citizens are tired of the APC-led government and they are ready to vote them out”.
Lawal said Atiku would be easy to market because he has a well encapsulated agenda and innate competence as well as mental capacity to transform the country, particularly rescuing the populace from the current insecurity situation.
“Nobody is happy with the current situation. Is it about youth unemployment, inflation, inability to buy ordinary bread, petrol and diesel? Am sure that even the APC and LP members will vote for Atiku in this coming election.
“To us in this group, we are urging Nigerians to wait and vote the APC out, rather than impeachment process against the President, because the impeachment kite might be a game plan”.
Also, the former Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon. Kola Oluwawole, added that the group will harness the human resources available in Ekiti PDP and other parties to mobilise for Atiku across the 2,445 units, and the 16 local government areas of the state.