As
Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, gears up as the main
challenger to President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress APC,
In the 2019 general elections, His wife, Mrs Jennifer Atiku has drummed up
support for the former Vice President.
Mrs
Jennifer Atiku, wife of Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, the presidential candidate of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has urged residents of Onitsha to vote
massively for the party in the 2019 general elections.
NAN
reports that Jennifer, who hails from Onitsha, made the plea when she paid a
courtesy visit to Igwe Alfred Achebe, the traditional ruler of Onitsha on
Tuesday.
“I
am here to inform you, my own people, that your in-law, who is my husband,
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is contesting the presidential election in 2019, so that
you support us to win the election.
“I
am your daughter and your in-law is my husband. You asked me to marry him and
here I am today to seek your support for his presidential ambition.
“Please,
do not let us down,” Jennifer, who was accompanied by Mrs Margret Obi, wife of
Mr Peter Obi, the Vice Presidential candidate of the party, pleaded.
While
saying that her visit was to buttress the saying that “charity begins at home,”
Jennifer expressed optimism that a PDP government would guarantee the desired
economic and social development of the country.
In
his response, the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Achebe, commended Mrs Jennifer
for finding time to visit the palace and Onitsha to canvass for votes for Atiku
and PDP.
“It
will be good if our in-law becomes the President of Nigeria. You are a good
daughter and your husband, our in-law is also a good man.
“Since
you deemed it fit to seek my blessing from the throne and support of your
people for your husband, Atiku, who is our in-law, what you are praying for
will be fulfilled by the grace of God,” the monarch said.
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