Atiku storms Lagos, explains why he deserves to be President

The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, gave its blessings to the presidential aspiration of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, to pick the presidential ticket of the party ahead of the 2019 general election.

According to a statement by the Atiku Media Office, Secretary of PDP in Lagos State, Prince Muiz Dosunmu, said that delegates from the state are well aligned with the objectives of Atiku.

Dosunmu, who spoke on behalf of the state executive of the party during Atiku’s consultative meeting with the PDP stakeholders in the state, said “Lagos PDP is set to follow a leader who knows the trenches. Your Excellency, Atiku Abubakar knows the pathway and we are ready to follow you”.

Also, a former minister and chieftain of the PDP from Lagos State, Dr. Abimbola Ogunkelu, while announcing that he was representing PDP chieftain, Chief Olabode George, said that Atiku towers above all the other aspirants, and has the capacity to lead the opposition party to victory in the 2019 presidential election.

“The PDP in Lagos State believes in Atiku and the large turn out here today is an open testament that Lagos PDP is for Atiku. We are for you here (in Lagos) and we strongly believe in your capacity to lead our great party to victory,” Ogunkelu said.

Speaking in the same vein, the only member of the PDP in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Dipo Olorunrinu, said that Lagos PDP stands united with Atiku on his presidential bid.

“Lagos PDP is here today (Monday) and we are speaking with one voice that we shall stand with you on this journey. All my leaders have openly endorsed Your Excellency (Atiku) and the matter is already determined,” Olorunrinu said.

Atiku, who was at the state party secretariat in company of the Director General of his presidential campaign organisation, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, had earlier said that he was in Lagos State to solicit for the support of PDP delegates in the state in his bid for the ticket of the party.

He remarked that should the leaders of the PDP in the state give him an opportunity to fly the flag of the party at the 2019 presidential election, he would win Lagos State for the PDP.

He said, “In 2003, I led the campaign of the PDP in the South West that made it possible for our party to win all but one state in the South West from the Alliance for Democracy (AD).

“I promise you that if you give me that opportunity again, I will not only win the presidency for our party, but also all the states in the South West, including Lagos. I did it before and I can do it again.”

He noted further that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has made living difficult for a large number of Nigerians and that his main objective if given the opportunity to become president in 2019 is massive job creation and redirecting the economy of Nigeria to prosperity.

“These (creating jobs and managing the economy) are things that I have done before and I am still well-wired to do them again,” Atiku added.

Other dignitaries on Atiku’s delegation to the Lagos PDP secretariat meeting, included Senator Abdul Ningi and former ministers, Dubem Onyia and Godsday Orubebe.