In Ogun State, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) deputy governorship candidate, Hon. Adekunle Akinlade has said the party stands a good chance of winning the general elections in 2023.
At a meeting of the PDP’s stakeholders in Yewa South Local Government, which was held at Engr. Tetede Hall in Ilaro.
He expressed optimism regarding the likelihood that the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, will reclaim his lost mandate in the 2023 elections of 2019 and 2014.
Along with his principal, Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu, a PDP candidate for governor, Akinlade attended the meeting. According to Oladipupo Adebutu, Atiku is poised for a better electoral performance in February 2023 based on the results of the 2019 election.
In his words,
“The era of collating centre magics is gone and, in its place, we must commend INEC for the adoption of BVAS into our electoral system. I can assure you that your votes will surely count in 2023 and we must make the right decision by voting the PDP at all levels.
“Unlike 2019 when APM had no polling unit, ward or local government structure and still made a good stand with your support, the PDP is an established platform since 1999 and now the hope of the masses come 2023 and beyond,” he added.
Akinlade criticized the All-Progressives Congress, or APC, which was in power, claiming that the party had stolen the PDP’s 2019 mandate from the people.
Since President Muhammadu Buhari would not be on the ballot, he promised that the APC would learn a hard lesson in 2023, stating that the people would reject them (the APC) outright at the polls and stand by their votes.
PDP, according to Akinlade, is a party of hope, freedom and self-determination ‘a party that allows and encourages you to attain your dreams unhindered.’
He added that, with two states already in PDP’s control in the South West, increasing the number to six next year will be an easy ride.
Akinlade reiterated his determination and that of his loyalists to repay those who stole their mandate in 2019 in equal coin come 2023.
He said,
“Although the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is hoping to leverage on the Yoruba ethnic basis to win the South West in 2023, his party has disappointed Nigerians and karma will surely play out at the polls.”
“In 2019 when the APC is in power, PDP still won two out of the six states in the South West and narrowly lost the four remaining states with an average of 40% margin,” he added.
