Former vice president and presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has warned that nothing will be
left of the leading opposition political party if it fails to recapture power from the ruling All Progressives Congress in 2023.
Atiku, who was addressing PDP delegates at the state secretariat of the party in Port Harcourt yesterday, appealed to the delegates of the PDP in Rivers State to give him 60 percent of their votes in the forthcoming presidential primariy of the party. He was accompanied on the visit by former Adamawa State governor, Boni Haruna, former Senate Leader, Senator Abdul Ningi and Chairman of Daar Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi.
He said: “PDP must win this time; we have been in the opposition for eight years. We cannot continue like that. No matter what will be the outcome , we must ensure that we elect a candidate that will win the presidential election.
Atiku said: “Governor Wike was in Adamawa recently to meet with our delegates, he asked for 50 percent of the votes. So, today, I am asking for 60 percent.”
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