2023: Influential PDP Stalwart Reveals What Atiku Will Do to Tinubu in Lagos

2023: Influential PDP Stalwart Reveals What Atiku Will Do to Tinubu in Lagos

  • Nigeria's main opposition party is leaving no stone unturned in making sure that it retains power come 2023
  • In fact, Senator Dino Melaye has boasted that Atiku Abubakar, PDP's flagbearer, will beat Bola Tinubu hands down in the polls in Lagos state
  • The presidential spokesperson for Atiku Abubakar's 2023 campaign maintained that the people's choice is all that matters

Senator Dino Melaye, spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, has said his principal will floor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos state.

Tinubu has been in control of Lagos state since 1999, when he was elected governor. Although he left in 2007, he still wields a large influence in the state, determining who gets what as far as politics is concerned.

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Speaking in an interview on Trust TV, Melaye said though Osun is the “ancestral home” of Tinubu, he was defeated by the PDP, which removed his first cousin as governor, Daily Trust reports.

Senator Dino Melaye, Atiku Abubakar, Bola Tinubu, APC, PDP, 2023 election
Ahead of the 2023 general election, Senator Dino Melaye noted that Atiku will Tinubu in Lagos. Photo credit: Atiku Abubakar, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu
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He said:

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“If election is conducted in Lagos today PDP will win the election, Atiku will defeat Tinubu, Atiku was in Lagos two days ago, and he was received everywhere he goes. The people want him and he is going to win the election.”

Senator Dino Melaye weigh into the PDP crisis

Melaye also said the crisis between his principal and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state cannot derail the victory of the PDP in 2023.

Dino affirmed thus:

“There is no crisis in the PDP, the PDP is one strong political party and I am telling you that as I speak with you today there is no shaking and no cause for alarm."

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Powerful PDP chieftain blows hot, tells Nigerians 1 major thing to do to APC in 2023

In the build-up to the 2023 general election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Peoples democratic party wants Nigerians to vote right.

The Presidential spokesperson for Atiku Abubakar's 2023 campaign, Senator Dino Melaye, has said that electing the right leader in 2023 has an epic significance in shaping the future of the country and its citizens.

He made this assertion at the Glad to Lead and Inspire Advocacy Initiative in conjunction with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Vote Right Ambassadors (PVRA) national summit.

APC to take note as Melaye drops daring message after getting PDP appointment

Dino Melaye, a former senator from Kogi state, has reacted to his appointment as the spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)'s presidential campaign.

In a post on Thursday, August 4, Melaye noted that he was humbled by the recognition given to him by the PDP and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

He vowed never to disappoint the party for reposing such confidence in him and pledged to work towards taking power back from the grip of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023.

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