The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), AtikuAbubakar, has given himself a head start in the race for the presidential villa. Among the contenders for the plum job, he has been to more states in the country for political rallies. LEON USIGBE writes on some of his messages to voters that gather to hear him out.
“Atiku is coming.” This is the message that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), AtikuAbubakar, is selling to Nigerians that gather to hear him out in his ongoing presidential campaign rallies across the country. He frames it as a message of hope to citizens who he thinks have been pauperised and damaged by harsh times under the nearly eight years of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He tells the crowds to look back to the 16 years of PDP, eight of which he was the vice-president of the country, during which time, he likes to say, Nigeria witnessed unprecedented growth and prosperity that have now been washed away by the incompetence of the governing party.
