“I was angry” – Atiku reveals reason for not visiting Ogun during 2019 campaign

A presidential aspirant on the PDP platform, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said he did not visit Ogun State during his 2019 presidential campaign because he was angry about the lack of unity in the state chapter of the party.

The former Vice President stated this on Saturday while in Abeokuta, Ogun State, where he met Ogun delegates ahead of the May 28 presidential primaries of the party.

Atiku met with PDP leaders, including governorship aspirant, Mr Ladi Adebutu and the state party chairman, Mr Sikirullahi Ogundele, at the state party secretariat.

“I was angry with you people because you allowed outsiders from the South-West region to manipulate you and dictate the way you ran your affairs.

“As long as there is disunity, you will continue to lose election in Ogun.

“Ogun has provided political leadership for the entire nation several times and you are too politically sophisticated and advanced to allow outsiders to interfere in your affairs

“I am, however, happy because you are now united and I urge you to sustain this unity,” Atiku said.

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Atiku promised to unite Nigerians if elected president in 2023.

The Waziri of Adamawa further explained that if voted into power, he would govern Nigeria on a five-point agenda which he listed as unity, security, economy, education and devolution of more resources and powers to the federating unit

“I promise to give every part of this country a sense of belonging as we did in the past.

“When we came to power in 1999, we experienced lack of unity and the first thing we did was to form a government of national unity which engendered the peace we needed for successful governance.

“I am going to tackle insecurity because once you tackle insecurity, there will be peace and when there is peace, you can now begin to implement economic reforms which will create jobs and bring about development.

“I am also going to tackle the issue of decentralisation or rather, devolution of powers to the state and the local governments,” Atiku said.