Abuja – Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has thanked Nigerians for turning out to vote for him in their millions while stating that the results collated so far showed he was on his way to victory.
Atiku, who stated this on Sunday
morning in a statement by his campaign spokesperson, Phrank Shaibu,
added that the initial indications from the PDPs simultaneous vote count
(SVC) showed that the victory of the PDP was assured.
Atiku
said: “With strong shares of vote in SS, SE as well as an increased
share in SW and NC we are very pleased with the progress the PDP has
made. We look forward to sharing some exciting news in other parts of
the country very soon, which will confound all the armchair pundits.
“I
would like to sincerely thank the millions of people who, despite
having to bear the additional burden of a postponed election, came out
yesterday to vote for me and the other PDP candidates standing in this
election.”
Atiku explained that his conclusion concerning the
outcome of the presidential poll was based on the PDP’s high tech,
cloud-based SVC system, which is able to collate in real-time the
results from the 176,000 voting points across the nation.
“The
people of Nigeria can take solace that very soon the living nightmare
of the last four years will come to an end so that together we will get
Nigeria working again,” he said.
The PDP presidential candidate
tasked Nigerians on the need to maximise their eternal vigilance in the
next 48 hours to prevent the majority votes recorded at the polling
units being disrupted by APC forces at the collation centres.
“I
am familiar with how brazen and the complete lack of shame the APC can
exhibit, but even I was shocked to witness just how low they went last
night by accusing the PDP of ‘recruiting armed thugs’ to do just that.
Why would we want to do that when we are winning?
“Furthermore, I
would like to say how proud I was of PDP supporters who conducted
themselves so peacefully despite the significant provocations and
threats of violence, removal and burning of ballot boxes and the likes.”
The
former vice president also thanked security forces and election
officials who conducted their duties with exemplary professionalism, but
tasked President Muhammadu Buhari on his promise of a free and fair
election.
He said, “General Buhari you have promised our
people and the world that you would conduct ‘free, fair and credible
elections’ so please call off the wilder elements within your party and
deliver on your promise.”
Meanwhile, the Coalition of United
Political Parties (CUPP) has raised the alarm over an alleged plot to
declare inconclusive the presidential results in the Federal Capital
Territory (FCT), Abuja.
This came from spokesman of CUPP, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, in a statement on Sunday.
Source:- Independentng
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