A political support group for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on the aiges of Ward2Ward4Atiku, has said that despite the negative utterances of Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, the state would vote for Atiku and PDP.
Leader of the group and a chieftain of the party, Abraham Chila said governor Ortom was merely trying to cajole his Rivers state counterpart by trying to demarket Atiku, stressing that the electorate in the state are resolved to vote for Atiku for the kind leadership the former Vice President has promised to offer Nigerians.
The group leader reacted against the background of the flagoff campaigns in Benue State and Governor Ortom’s public withdrawal of support for Atiku Abubakar.
In a statement made Available to Blueprint Monday in Abuja, Chila said after eight years of destructive policies and programmes from President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC), the country needs the experience and courage of Atiku to return to stability, security and economic prosperity.
While maintaining that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar remains a house hold name in the entire 17 local government areas of Benue State, Chila said studies by his group, Ward2Ward4Atiku, shows that the maximum votes from the state would go to PDP presidential candidate.
“The decay, violence and criminality that is currently ravaging our country is not what a rookie president could tackle. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the Waziri Adamawa is the only experienced hand that could start from day one to cleanse the Augean stable.
“Others would want to begin with months of learning the ropes and even the Presidency. But, Atiku Abubakar is not a stranger to the working of the Nigeria Presidency. He has in his mind’s eye that competent hands he would need to fix this country. Atiku Abubakar knows how to rebuild the broken governance institution in Nigeria.
“What my governor, Dr. Ortom, was doing yesterday during the flag off campaigns in Benue State was to make his friend, Wike, to feel good. But, the majority of Benue voters, particularly the women and children, know that all votes from the state would go to PDP and Atiku Abubakar.
“As far as Ward2Ward4Atiku is concerned, Governor Ortom is on his own, Benue people do not want to be in opposition again in 2023. We have seen the qualities in Atiku and have resolved to give him our maximum support, because he is a Tiv traditional title holder. The people also know that Ortom is merely being selfish and deceitful.”
Chila said among the four frontline presidential candidates, only Atiku Abubakar can hold Nigeria together and pull it back from the precincts, stressing that those who know how bad things have gone in the country within the last seven years are convinced that Atiku is the man for the job.
He said that in the coming weeks the Ward2Ward4Atiku will commence its nationwide sensitization and mobilization to ensure Nigerians come to a commonality of understanding on what Nigerian needs and how Atiku Abubakar has to offer by way of workable solutions.
