Nigerians In UK Rally Support For Atiku

February 14, 2019

LEADERSHIP - Some Nigerians in the United Kingdom ( UK) have chosen the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP ) presidential candidature, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar , for Saturday ’ s epic race.

They said they opted for Atiku because he represents a new generation of leadership needed to bail out Nigeria of poverty and backwardness .

Through Atiku’ s campaign group in London, the Atiku loyalists said yesterday , that they had returned to Nigeria to mobilise support for the PDP candidate .

In a statement , the group released to journalists in Abuja , it declared that there was no basis to compare Atiku to President Muhammadu Buhari , who, it alleged had failed in the last four years to make any meaningful impact on any aspect of the nation’ s economy .

The statement was signed by the coordinator of Atiku Campaign Organisation in the UK, Dr . Tony Chidi, who rated the former vice president on many key areas of leadership over Buhari , and asked Nigerians to vote for him on Saturday .

Chidi said: “ Atiku has demonstrated great capacity , capability and ability in both public and private life far above all who are contesting to be president of Nigeria in 2019 . Having been there for eight fruitful years , he understands the system better than the incumbent who has demonstrated gross incompetency and all others who currently aspire for the presidency . As Vice President the economy and other substructures were under his watch and they all performed excellently .

“ Nigerians can attest to the fact that Turaki Adamawa is highly detribalised and would offer equal opportunities to Nigerians , irrespective of tribe , religion , culture or political leanings unlike Buhari who is clannish. Above all, Atiku is a quintessential democrat whose belief in the rule of law and resilience during the Olusegun Obasanjo ’ s tenure as vice president stabilised our democracy .

“ Whereas Atiku can be said to possess the essential qualities that can promote peace , mutual understanding and coexistence, harmony and progress of the nation, the same cannot be said of Buhari who has almost succeeded in tearing Nigeria apart from his unguarded utterances and actions which betray his morbid contempt or outright hatred for ethnic groups and religions other than his.