The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said that with the results collated so far, he is sure of winning the presidential election.
Mr Abubakar stated this on Sunday morning in a statement by his campaign spokesperson, Phrank Shaibu.
“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,” Mr Shaibu said.
Mr Abubakar is the main challenger to President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress.
See full statement below.
Presidential
candidate of the People Democratic Party and former Vice President
Atiku Abubakar has thanked Nigerians for turning out to vote for him in
their millions and confirmed that the initial indications from the PDPs
Simultaneous Vote Count show a PDP victory is assured.
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in a statement issued in Abuja by his Special Assistant On Public
Communication,Mr. Phrank Shaibu said “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.”
The statement
said with 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 Presidential candidate could boldly assure his
supporters that victory was at hand.
“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.
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.”
The
PDP Presidential candidate urged 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 force by the APC
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.”
Source:- Premiumtimesng
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