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| Atiku Abubakar |
The Presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has thanked Nigerians for turning out to vote for him in their millions and confirmed that the initial indications from the PDPs Simultaneous Vote Count show a PDP victory is assured.
Atiku in a statement issued in Abuja by his Special Assistant On Public Communication, Mr. Phrank Shaibu, said โI would like to sincerely thank the millions of people who, despite having to bear the additional burden of a postponed election, came out yesterday to vote for me and the other PDP candidates standing in this election.โ
He said with the PDPโs high tech, cloud-based SVC system โ which is able to collate in real-time the results from the 176,000 voting points across the nation โ the Presidential candidate could boldly assure his supporters that victory was at hand.
โWith strong shares of the vote in South-South, South-East as well as an increased share in South-West and North-Central, are very pleased with the progress the PDP has made. We look forward to sharing some exciting news in other parts of the country very soon, which will confound all the armchair pundits.โ
He said the people of Nigeria can take solace that very soon the living Nightmare of the last four years will come to an end so that together we will get Nigeria working again.
The PDP Presidential candidate asked Nigerians to maximise their eternal vigilance in the next 48 hours to prevent the majority votes recorded at the polling units being disrupted by force by the APC at the collation centres.
He said, โI am familiar with how brazen and the complete lack of shame the APC can exhibit, but even I was shocked to witness just how low they went last night by accusing the PDP of โrecruiting armed thugsโ to do just that. Why would we want to do that when we are winning?โ
โFurthermore I would like to say how proud I was of the PDP supporters who conducted themselves so peacefully despite the significant provocations and threats of violence, removal and burning of ballot boxes and the likes.โ
Atiku also thanked the security forces and election officials who conducted their duties with exemplary professionalism but tasked General Buhari on his promise of a free and fair election.
He said. โGeneral Buhari you have promised our people and the world that you would conduct โfree, fair and credible electionsโ so please call off the wilder elements within your party and deliver on your promise.โ
