A group of public affairs analyst has predicted the fate of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar in the forthcoming general elections if the G-5 Governors eventually pitch their tents with the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu.
Speaking with newsmen on Friday, Chikezie Obasi, Moneke Onyeke and Cyprain Okpe disclosed that the PDP flag bearer will lose if the G-5 Governors fails to support his candidacy.
According to Obasi on Friday, Atiku Abubakar did not play his roles well by tacitly supporting the retention of Dr Iyorchia Ayu as the national chairman of the PDP.
He added that the River State Governor, Nyesome Wike with his staunch resistance is plotting to remain politically relevant after the 2023 elections.
Quoting him: “Wike is calculating to save his political future. Bola Tinubu of APC has more chances to defeat Atiku because the electoral war will be solely in the North.
“Wike is not a senatorial candidate. Other G-5 Governors have political lifelines after 2023. I am sure Wike would like a PDP governor in Rivers State in agreement for his support for APC at the national level so that he can get a good federal appointment afterwards.”
PDP Has No Chances In South East
Onyeke maintained that Atiku, due to the injustices done to the South East has no chances in the region because of self-inflicted injuries.
He said, “The people of South East already feel that they don’t belong to the PDP because of the refusal of the party to zone its presidential position to the region despite its zoning arrangements.
“The people of the region would have had voter apathy if not the emergence of Labour Party. Before now, PDP controlled South East. But the hierarchy of the party mismanaged to consolidate this feat. PDP is literally dying in the region, with the anger attendant to it. It started with the maltreatment meted to former Vice-President Dr Alex Ekwueme, and now climaxed by Atiku’s orchestrated emergence.”
PDP Failure To Honor Biafra, Reason For Increased Agitations
A youth leader, Cyprain Okpe, attributed the increasing agitation for Biafra to the failure of the PDP to honour its internal principles.
Quoting him, “The failure of the PDP is the real reason our people are thinking about Biafra as the only alternative. We simply don’t know why the PDP chose to sideline our zone. If voting for Atiku is the only available option, we may choose not to vote.
“PDP is currently a floating party. No one can say this is PDP’s stronghold. In North West, Atiku will lose because of Kaduna governor Mallam el-Rufa’i. Then in the Northeast, Shettima, the APC VP candidate, remains a factor.
“Atiku allowing the G-5 Governors’ grievances to get to this level makes his chances bleak. PDP might die a natural death after its loss in 2023. In South East, for instance, it is only in Enugu and Abia that are still PDP-controlled in terms of the governors. And Labour might upturn PDP in South East with the look of things.”
Naija News reports that the G-5 Governors are being touted to be going to adopt Bola Tinubu in 2023.
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