Reports have emerged that the national leadership of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) led by its Presidential candidate in Next Year’s elections, Atiku Abubakar, Senate President Bukola Saraki as well as the national chairman, Uche Secondus and a host of others have gone to Dubai to fine-tune plans to oust incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari come 2019.
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The meeting which is termed as a ‘special strategy session’ is meant primarily to put finishing touches to campaign strategy of the PDP ahead of the commencement of election campaigns on November 18.
The Punch newspaper reported that the meeting was also supposed to be an opportunity for Atiku to perfect his comprehensive policy document, detailing how he intends to improve Nigeria which is planned for release to the Nigerian public in a few weeks.
According to a source within the PDP;
“All of them, including Atiku, Saraki, Obi and Daniel are meeting in Dubai now; the essence is to strategise ahead of the campaign.”
According to the schedule set by INEC, campaigns for presidential and National Assembly elections will commence on November 18, while campaigns for governorship and state assembly elections will start on December 1.
The meeting was confirmed by the spokesperson for the Atiku Campaign Organisation, Mr. Segun Sowunmi who said the Atiku needed to meet with critical stakeholders ahead of the political campaign season.
Mr. Sowunmi said;
“The appropriate response is that the former Vice-President, who is now the presidential candidate of the PDP, after a very grueling and rigorous campaign during the primaries, has taken a couple of days for a deserved rest.
As a matter of fact, the quantum of work needed to be done in Nigeria is such that the rest is almost turning out to be a working rest.
He has been engaging quite a lot of critical stakeholders who have flown all the way there to have conversations with him, share ideas and rob minds with him, while others are there to felicitate with him on his victory.
As soon as he returns to the country, the entire machinery for his presidential campaign will be ready and all Nigerians can look forward to a glorious era so that the change to the change presently in place happens.”
He said further that the party was ready for next year’s elections saying Nigerians were also ready.
“We are extremely prepared because Nigerians are also ready. In going round the country, Nigerians have now keyed into the agenda of ‘let’s keep Nigeria working again.
Young people, businessmen and everyone else have been affected by the poor economic policies of the present administration. Nobody has been spared. Some people have felt it most deeply because they lost their lives.
People are ready to use their Permanent Voter Cards to exercise their franchise in the 2019 general elections, which we believe should be free, fair and credible.” He said.
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