Atiku Drags Tinubu, Peter Obi Over Failure To Choose Running Mates Before Deadline
- PDP presidential candidate and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has mocked Bola Tinubu and Peter Obi over their failure to take the first and important decision
- Atiku in a statement he personally signed stated that the office of the president requires that the holders must have a clarity of mind of making decisions on running mates
- Tinubu and Obi and candidates of the APC and Labour Party, who are yet to choose running mates but submitted temporary names, with 30 days space of time to replace them
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The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has mocked his opponents, Bola Tinubu and Peter Obi over their inability to take the first and most important decision on time.
According to This Day, Atiku said the first and most important decision that any candidate for an executive position in a democracy is the choice of a running mate.
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Tinubu and Obi are presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Labour Party who had chosen ‘place holders’ because of their inability to conclude on the choice of their presidential running mate.
As placeholders, Tinubu picked Usman Masari while Obi chose Doyin Okupe, both have a 30-day window to replace them.
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Atiku in a statement he personally signed said,
“The office of the president in particular requires that the holder of that office must have clarity of mind on decision-making.
“That is why in countries that have acquired more experiences in democratic acculturation, the choice that a presidential candidate makes about their running mates, and how they make the decision, provides a window of assessing their preparedness for the job that potentially waits ahead of them.”
Atiku boasts of his choice of running mate
The former vice president then boasted about his choice of running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa, adding that he was introspective about him and that Nigerians would be proud of him.
He said,
“In meeting up with this expectation, and more importantly to ensure that I make a pick of a running mate that you shall be proud of, it became necessary for me to be introspective about my choice.”
Handpicked Candidate Cannot Represent Future of Hope, Atiku Highlights the Errors in APC Convention
PDP's presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar, has criticised the APC over Senate President Ahmed Lawan's emergence as the consensus candidate.
Atiku says Lawan's candidature is undemocratic and such a candidate cannot represent the future of hope Nigerians are looking for.
The former vice president and PDP flagbearer also condemned the ruling party for conducting its convention on working days, noting that 2023 will be a referendum to score the APC.
APC Group Sends Strong Message to Okowa Over Approval of New N25bn Loan to Plant Palm Trees
APC gubernatorial campaign organisation has warned the governor of the Delta state, Ifeanyi Okowa, against using the state resources to fund Atiku's campaign.
Okowa, who was just announced as the Atiku's vice presidential candidate, got approval to get N25bn loan to plant palm trees in the state.
The APC group alleged that the state house of assembly approved the loan barely 49 days after it approved a loan of N150 billion for the governor.
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