According to Senator Dino Melaye, a spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is the subject of controversy in contrast to Atiku Abubakar of the PDP.
Speaking on Channels Television Politics Today on Thursday, he asserted that, unlike Tinubu, the PDP presidential front-runner has a historical record that can be independently verified.
He also refuted the assertion made by Adams Oshiomhole, the formal chairman of the APC, that Atiku had declared Northerners shouldn’t vote for a Yoruba or Igbo person to lead Nigeria, calling it “beer parlour talk” that had gained political currency.
Melaye argued that Atiku is the most popular and pan-Nigerian candidate for president in the 2023 election, having support from citizens of all the nation’s geopolitical regions.
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He claimed that although Tinubu could not visit the entire South West and did not even visit any of the states in the South-East before to the APC presidential primary, Atiku visited every region of the nation in his bid to win the PDP presidential nomination and was warmly received.
The spokesperson for the Atiku/Okowa campaign claimed that Atiku is a billionaire with businesses while Tinubu is a billionaire without businesses. He asserted that only his principle have the ability to establish the conditions necessary for the private sector to flourish in Nigeria.
“Atiku Abubakar as an individual, you will read his biography, you will read his autobiography, you will read his history and if you read it 40 or 30 years ago it is still talking about the same person.
“You can identify his classmates, you can read about the schools he attended, there no controversy about where he is from, Jada, there is no controversy about Atiku Abubakar but everything about Bola Ahmed Tinubu is controversial, mysteriously controversial,” Melaye said.
