* Claims: APC govt’s poor performance is Tinubu’s albatross
The Director General of Atiku-Okowa Campaign Council in Anambra State, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, has boasted that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, will defeat the Labour Party (LP) standard bearer, Peter Obi, in his home State at the February 25 poll.
Okonkwo, throug a statement by the Deputy Director of Media and Publicity for the Atiku-Okowa campaign in Anambra State, Uloka Chukwubuike, said: “The fact that Obi cannot win the election is gradually unfolding in the State and Nigeria.”
He claimed that Atiku would most likely win convincingly in each of the local government areas of Anambra State.
Okonkwo further stated that the PDP candidate would also defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Anambra.
Okonkwo said that PDP has invested necessary efforts to market Atiku/Okowa victory in the State.
According to the statement, PDP has never lost presidential election in Anambra State since 1999 and it remains confident that the party would continue to win.
He said: “Of all the candidates in the race, Atiku Abubakar is more electable, credible, competent, reliable, experienced, and has the national appeal to garner the constitutionally required spread across majority states in the country.
“His promise of True Federalism has appealed more to the Southeast. His policy proposals and manifestos have distinguished him as a problem solver and one with the political will to transform the misfortune of the country and rescue Nigeria.
“Aside from the promise of true federalism, Atiku Abubakar has a better chance of winning votes in Anambra and the Southeast than the other candidates given his age-old relationship with the people of those regions,” he said.
Okonkwo added that Tinubu is facing endless internal wrangling in the APC as a result of the APC-led government’s abysmal performance and wrong policies that have increased the sufferings of Nigerians.