Lagos PDP members and loyalists on Thursday, November 17, 2022, staged a solidarity walk for its Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, to mobilise votes ahead of the 2023 general elections.
The walk tagged “Umbrella Day” was also in support of the party’s Governorship Candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor).
The walk, which was led by Mr Adedeji Doherty, the Chairman of Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), began from the Lagos State Presidential Campaign Office of Atiku/Okowa at Fadeyi Bus Stop, along Ikorodu Road, and saw PDP loyalists and volunteer groups walking to the Maryland Tunnel in Ikeja.
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Addressing the crowd at Maryland, Doherty said the umbrella walk was a symbol of unity and was meant to demonstrate to the electorate that the party was fully ready and united to give hope to Nigerians if elected.
The campaign chairman urged Nigerians to grant the former ruling party another opportunity to right all the mistakes it committed while at the helm of affairs.
According to him, Abubakar and Okowa have assured Nigerians of running a government of unity that will tap from the ideas and experience of the opposition party for the sake of national unity and development.
“Umbrella is a symbol of unity to bring everybody together and every ethnic group in solidarity for Atiku/Okowa. It is to show the unity that we have in Lagos State and in Nigeria.
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“It is also to tell the ruling party today that PDP is going to unite this country immediately we enter government in 2023.
“Our principal, Atiku Abubakar, has promised to form a government of national unity once he is elected. Mr Peter Obi (Labour Party), Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso (New Nigerian Peoples Party), Sen. Bola Tinubu (APC) and others must work with him.
“He is going to bring everybody together. Everybody is going to be part of his government. Once there is unity among us, then the rest is easy.
“Nigerians have tried PDP and tried APC and they can see the difference. Let them give PDP another chance, and we will correct our mistakes,” he said.
Doherty described Abubakar as the most experienced, intelligent with character and capacity to address challenges of insecurity, divisions, economy, education, health, infrastructural decay, unemployment and youths.
Urging Nigerian youths to avoid being hoodwinked, Doherty said that Abubakar would provide opportunities for them and empower them.
Also speaking, Dr Adetokunbo Pearse, member, PDP PCC and the Lagos State Coordinator of Support Groups for the Atiku/Okowa presidential campaign, said that Nigerians had scored PDP administration higher than APC in all sectors.
Pearse said that PDP remains Nigerians’ hope for unity, security, economic and educational development and improved cost of living.