5 Days After, Makinde Congratulates Atiku, Mocks APC For Shifting Convention

Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde has congratulated Atiku Abubakar on his emergence as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential flagbearer and at the same time mocked the All Progressives Congress, APC for shifting its primary.

Makinde, who stated that the party has demonstrated its readiness to make the right decisions for its Operation Rescue Nigeria mandate by going ahead with its National Convention despite the decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend a process that had already begun, added that the PDP showed readiness to lead by organising a rancour-free convention.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Taiwo Adisa, indicated that the governor stated these in his weekly newsletter.congratulated the winner of the PDP presidential primaries, former Vice-President Abubakar Atiku, on his victory at the primaries, noting that the result of the primaries was “the will of the majority, which is what democracy is all about.”

Makinde, who supported Atiku’s closest challenger in the presidential primaries, Rivers State Governor, Barr. Nyesom Wike, said “we will play our part to ensure that the PDP’s Operation Rescue Nigeria is a resounding success.”

He said: “As you already know, we had the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries in which we again demonstrated two things to Nigerians:

“One, that the PDP is serious about ensuring that we make the right decisions for Operation Rescue Nigeria. For the PDP to have gone ahead to conduct its primaries even though the umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), decided to change the rules in the middle of the game shows that we are a truly formidable force to reckon with. The weaker party had to wait for the results of the PDP convention before they made their move.

“Two, that the PDP stands head and shoulders above the rest in coordinating primaries at the state and national levels. Almost all results are in, and we had rancour-free deliberations. “So, those who tell you that the PDP and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are the same are not being honest.

“We all saw and watched the primaries play out, and a winner emerged. The result was the will of the majority, which is what democracy is all about.

“Let me then take this opportunity to once again congratulate our party’s flagbearer, HE Atiku Abubakar, for his victory in the primaries. We will play our part to ensure that the PDP’s Operation Rescue Nigeria is a resounding success.”

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