Why North Won’t Vote For Jonathan - Atiku Reveals

Monday, September 22, 2014

Atiku Abubakar, the former Vice-President of Nigeria has revealed why the Northern part of the country would not vote for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015 general election.

Vanguard reports that the presidential aspirant under the platform of the All ProgressivesCongress, APC, who spoke at the weekend in Lagos, an interactive session with selected youths stated that PDP had done nothing to attract any vote from the region.

The former vice president also used the medium to reveal that he would support whoever emergedpresidential candidate of APC if he did not get the ticket to run. He, however, expressed doubts on the capability of the Independent Electoral Commission of Nigeria, INEC, to conduct a freeand fair election in 2015.

“Asking me to not contest is asking me to give up on Nigeria. The North will not vote for the PDP because the party has failed everybody. This period presents an opportunity for change” he said.

Atiku further hinted that before now, the PDP was big and the absence of a viable opposition then allowed the party to become monstrous, and noted that with the emergence of the APC, there is now choice. He expressed optimism that there is no way Nigerians can vote for the PDP in 2015, alleging that the party has failed everybody.