Dino Melaye, a former senator and Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, claimed that the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, was unknown nationally until his PDP counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, discovered him.
Melaye stated that Atiku discovered every reformer in the country from 1999 to the present.
The senator spoke at an event organized by a women’s political group called Diamond Ladies in Politics in Abuja over the weekend,
Melaye said: “Obi is a fantastic Nigerian, but he was not known nationally until Atiku identified him. Atiku is a talent hunter. Everyone who was a reformer in this country from 1999 till date was a discovery of Atiku.
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“Atiku discovered Obi before keyboard warriors discovered Obi. Unfortunately, elections are not going to take place on social media. It is going to take place at the polling units. And those that would vote are the people here. So it is now operation votes must count.”
The former senator, who was honored at the event, also stated that the ruling All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and others lack the necessary foundation to compete with Atiku.
“Unfortunately, both of them are very wealthy, but there is a difference. Atiku is a billionaire with enterprise, while Tinubu is a billionaire without enterprise. He has a history of a physical business in agriculture, education, oil and gas, media, manufacturing, and banking,” Melaye said.
The PDP presidential candidate, speaking through his daughter, Hajia Maryam Atiku, at the event, campaigned for the support of the country’s large population of youths and women, promising that if elected in 2023, her father would reorganize the country.
Princess Maimunat Wada, convener of the Diamond Ladies in Politics, promised to garner at least two million votes for the presidential candidate in her remarks.
She argued that if the PDP candidate is given the mandate in 2023, she will be able to contain the country’s alarming situation, which includes a lack of self-confidence and severe hardship for Nigerians.
“With Atiku Abubakar on the saddle of leadership of the country, there would be inclusiveness of Nigerians irrespective of their tribal and religious affiliations,” she noted.
