By G9ija
Dele Momodu, the head of Communications for the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, has shared his insight on how the PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, will come out as the winner in the upcoming election.
In a statement released on Tuesday, Momodu stated that the former vice president is expected to perform well in the North-East, North-West, North-Central, and South-South regions.
He also mentioned that Tinubu might secure victories in a few states located in the North and South-West.
Momodu said, “Atiku Abubakar will dominate the North-East, North-West, North-Central and South-South. Tinubu may pick a few states in the North and South-West but won’t have enough to win.
“The bridges required to cross to victory have taken Atiku 30 years to build. Tinubu has not been able to lock down the entire South-West not to talk of the whole of Nigeria.
“Over-reliance on bribing the electorates will fail. Hoping to rig brazenly will also fail spectacularly. I repeat, the entire North and the South-South will make Atiku the next president.
“Atiku will still be competitive in the South-East and South-West. Wherever Obi is number one in the East, Atiku will be number two. Wherever Tinubu is number one in the South-West, Atiku will be number two or vice versa.” He added.
The media director noted that many of the surveys conducted ahead of the upcoming presidential election on February 25, 2023 have proven to be inaccurate due to an excessive dependence on technology in a largely illiterate demographic.
Momodu highlighted that in the past, whenever the South had two prominent contenders, the candidate from the North emerged victorious. He emphasized that this was seen in the 1979 and 1983 elections, where Obafemi Awolowo and Nnamdi Azikiwe ran against Shehu Shagari.
He said, “Bola Tinubu is far weaker today in the South-West and Awolowo was by far more formidable, while Obi is the new Azikiwe (the first Governor General and President of Nigeria) in the South East, and Kwankwaso is the current Aminu Kano.
“Wherever Obi is number one, Atiku will be number two or vice versa. I do not know of any state PDP will not record 25 per cent and eventually win the overall popular votes.
“Nigeria has become so polarisingly divided (pardon my tautology) that the “peoples” are going to vote majorly along ethnic lines as well as primordial sentiments. The North will not vote a “fake Muslim” in the name of a pretentious and mischievous Muslim-Muslim ticket. The scam is dead on arrival.”
Momodu went on to state that the North-East region would not cast their ballots for Tinubu as they have their own candidate vying for the presidency.
He said, “The North-East will never vote for a number two position when they’ve been chasing the number one since 1966. The North-West will not abandon an Atiku for a Tinubu who’s well known for his iron grip on Lagos State since 1999.
“I predict that the former vice president Atiku Abubakar will be the next president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He is the most prepared, experienced candidate in the race who’s ready to hit the ground running from day one.” He added.