The former National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, says the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has committed many errors that would pave way for a smooth and easy electoral victory for the APC in the 2023 presidential election.
Oshiomhole said Atiku has depleted the PDP’s chances by offending some of those who ought to be major supporters of his campaign.
The former governor of Edo State said this while addressing State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Friday.
Oshiomhole, who is the Deputy Director General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, commended President Buhari for demonstrating genuine support and the desired goodwill for the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.
The former APC chairman said he was at the Presidential Villa to express his appreciation to Buhari for his determination and commitment to the ruling party ahead of the 2023 general election.
He further expressed confidence in the ability of Tinunu to have a landslide victory at the poll, saying all the 23 APC governors are working relentlessly towards the success of the ruling party’s presidential candidate in 2023, while Atiku has only about seven PDP governors supporting him.
Oshiomhole said: “If you ask me how we are doing, we are doing very well. Whereas the other is now battling with five governors that backed out and you find out how many governors they have, we have 23.
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“Now, if you add 23 to five, I’m not saying the five are with us, but we have 23 with five, I guess that’s 28. If you subtract 28 from 36, it means only eight governors, in fact, seven, because the other one in APGA is not there.
“So, while he has seven governors working for him, we have 23 working for us and we have five who are neutral. You know when you are voting, when I was in ILO, you vote for, against or you abstain. Abstinence is as good as voting against.
“So, however, you look at it, our campaign is going smoothly and the message is very clear. It’s very clear, it cannot be better.
“You saw us yesterday (Thursday) in Owerri. For me that was perhaps one of the best outings we have had.
“You listened to our candidate, you listened to those who spoke in Owerri, some of them offered to contribute towards the campaign because their concerns have been addressed by the APC candidate.
“Tinubu is being accepted in the South-East because the APC will continue to address the socio-economic and political interests of the zone,
“Election is about interest, whoever will address your interests, not religious sentiment, not ethnic sentiment, because hunger doesn’t have religious affiliation; unemployment does not have religious affiliation.
“Whoever will address your concerns, if you are a trader, whoever would make sure that the ports work more efficiently, you don’t have to pay toll to all kinds of people, that is the kind of person you want.
“Government is about providing those assets. We must talk about enabling environment and our candidate has laid out how he will do it,” the former governor stated.
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