Ms Jennifer Atiku, wife of Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, the presidential
candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has urged residents of
Onitsha to vote massively for the party in the 2019 general elections.
Jennifer, who hails from Onitsha, made the plea when she paid a courtesy
visit to Igwe Alfred Achebe, the traditional ruler of Onitsha on
Tuesday, December 2018.
2019: Atiku’s Wife Takes Campaign To Onitsha, Reveals Why Igbos Should Vote Her Husbandl
“I am here to inform you, my own people, that your in-law, who is my
husband, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is contesting the presidential election
in 2019, so that you support us to win the election.
“I am your
daughter and your in-law is my husband. You asked me to marry him and
here I am today to seek your support for his presidential ambition.
“Please, do not let us down,” Jennifer, who was accompanied by Ms
Margret Obi, wife of Peter Obi, the vice presidential candidate of the
party, pleaded. While saying that her visit was to buttress the saying
that “charity begins at home,” Jennifer expressed optimism that a PDP
government would guarantee the desired economic and social development
of the country. In his response, the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe,
commended Ms Jennifer for finding time to visit the palace and Onitsha
to canvass for votes for Atiku and PDP.
“It will be good if our
in-law becomes the president of Nigeria. You are a good daughter and
your husband, our in-law is also a good man. “Since you deemed it fit to
seek my blessing from the throne and support of your people for your
husband, Atiku, who is our in-law, what you are praying for will be
fulfilled by the grace of God,” the monarch said.
In a remark,
the PDP candidate for Onitsha South 11 constituency, Jude Omennajiego,
assured that the party would guarantee the people of the area dividends
of democracy if elected into office.
Meanwhile, a
socio-political group, the Coalition for Nigeria (CN), has raised
allegations against the PDP, and its presidential candidate, Atiku,
claiming they are hiring foreign help to win the 2019 presidential
election. The group made this known in a press statement on Tuesday,
December 18, in Lagos.
According to Dipo Samuel, the group’s
secretary general, Atiku has already released funds to facilitate the
alleged secret mission.
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