I Was Angry With You In 2019 – Atiku Tells Ogun PDP Leaders

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2019, Atiku Abubakar on Saturday revealed why he did not visit party leaders in Ogun State in the last election.

According to the former Vice President, he did not visit the state before the presidential primary because he was angry with them.

Atiku stated this during a meeting with the party leaders at the state party secretariat on Saturday.

He noted that he was angry with stakeholders in the party because of their lack of unity.

Atiku said: “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 elections 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 noted that the unity in the state chapter of the party would help it take over power from the All Progressive Congress in this state.

The former vice president said, “This will, in turn, enable you to positively affect the lives of the people of this state.”

Atiku while speaking on the presidential primary election of the party in May, he said he is better qualified to represent the party and rule the nation based on his experience and maturity

The PDP chieftain said, “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 a 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 decentralization or rather, devolution of powers to the state and the local governments.”