The Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Organisation has expressed confidence that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, would win the 2023 election on the first ballot.
The spokesman for the campaign organisation, Kola Ologbondiyan, mad the declaration through a statement in Abuja.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had said it would print 187million ballot papers for the 2023 election.
The INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, who disclosed this through a statement on Friday in Abuja, said 93.5 million ballot papers would be used for the presidential election on February 25, 2023, while the remaining 93.5million ballot papers would be used for the run-off in case there is no clear winner in the election.
Ologbondiyan, however, advised the Commission not to bother with preparations for a runoff in the election.
He said: “Our campaign is confident that by every indices and data available, our candidate, Atiku Abubakar, will win the presidential election of February 25, 2023, at the first run.
“The APC has seen defeat ahead as Nigerians are quickly reaching a consensus on the fact that the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is not electable.
“We urge Nigerians to remain resolute in their determination to vote in their choice, Atiku Abubakar, and take every step necessary within the ambit of the law to protect their votes.”