Although one may not be accurate to judge the popularity of presidential candidates at the polls by the crowd they pull, the unprecedented crowd that welcomed the PDP flag bearer in Kaduna, North West Nigeria on Thursday, is frightening.
Like a triumphant entry, Atiku Abubakar arrived the Ahmadu Bello Stadium at about 2.30 pm and received by the awaiting Supporters who were like the surge of the sea driven by the wind.
Addressing the rally, Atiku Abubakar said if elected into power, he would ensure security and food provision for the generality of Nigerians.
Just as the party’s national chairman, Uche Secondus said the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) has gone to sleep, and left Nigerians to face hardship without providing solution.
Atiku noted that the level of insecurity and hunger in the land, allegedly fostered on the people by the APC was alarming, raising the hope of the people that if PDP takes over power, the hardship would be addressed.
The presidential candidate who spoke in Hausa said if APC had kept to its promise, insecurity wouldn’t have taken over the country.
“There is insecurity in the north east, north west, south south, south west, all over the country, there is hardship and insecurity. Do you need to vote for APC again that failed to keep its promises.
“But if you vote for PDP there will be security, food provision and many good things across the country. So you have to vote for PDP from top to bottom, and from bottom to top”.
Earlier, in his remarks, Secondus said, “APC has been sleeping on duty, that is why Nigeria have been witnessing hunger and insecurity.
“It is time to ask President Buhari to go, he has tried, let him go home and rest. His energy is no more there. We need somebody with alot of energy that can work for 24 hours.
“If you vote for APC, the Cabal will be in control of government because Buhari is weak, he cannot rule.
“We want somebody who can has capacity to rule this country, and that person is Atiku. Atiku will provide jobs, food, security, etc for Nigerians.
“Nigeria is 200 million people, so Atiku will not sleep until there is food on your table and security of lives and property all over the country. Atiku will not fail you.
The PDP national chairman said the era of election rigging is over, saying that nobody can rig election any longer.
He warned INEC to resist the temptation of rigging the election.
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki also noted, “There is hunger, unemployment in the land, therefore vote in PDP and Atiku to bring sanity to the country. It is time for APC to go. We want a better Nigeria, and the only man that can give us a better Nigeria is Atiku. Atiku went to America when APC said he cannot go”.
The State PDP governorship candidate, Isah Ashiru called on the people to vote for PDP in order to chase out poverty in the land.
Also, former governor of Kaduna State, Senator Ahmed Makarfi and the State PDP chairman, Felix Hassan Hyet, in their separate remarks agreed that the State naturally belonged to PDP, and urged the people to vote out APC in the next election.
