A Presidential aspirant for the 2023 Nigerian general elections, who is running on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has disclosed that the biggest challenge the All Progressives Congress (APC), has caused Nigeria is disunity.
Atiku asserted that the ruling APC is responsible for Nigeria’s disunity and woes.
The former Vice President further went on to lament that Nigeria was more divided under the APC government than pre-civil war era.
He made these assertions while speaking in Lagos at a meeting of PDP members ahead of the upcoming primary election.
According to Atiku; ‘We are living witnesses of the challenges that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has caused us in this country.
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‘The biggest challenge that APC has brought is disunity. We have not been as divided like this before even during the war.
‘We have a responsibility to send the party away but we must be united to enable us to do that. Lagos PDP has been in disunity for many years. I appeal to Lagos PDP to bring about unity in the party. I appeal to the eldest to please ensure unity in the Lagos State chapter of the party so that we can take over the State.
‘I look forward to working with you to reposition Lagos State PDP. We don’t want Lagos to be under one family. We want Lagos to belong to Lagosians. We should avoid making the same mistake that we have made over the years. I will continue to work with you until we achieve success.’
In a related development, the Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday picked his form to contest the 2023 presidential election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
This was made known by his spokesman, Laolu Akande in a statement which was made available to Africa Today News, New York.
According to the aide, a ‘passionate team of support groups and individuals Nigerians from across the country’ were the ones that raised the funds.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) expression of interest and nomination forms cost N100 million.