The Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM) has adopted the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, as its flagbearer for the February 25 election.
In a statement issued on Friday, the National Chairman of APM, Yusuf Dantalle, said the party has also chosen Ifeanyi Okowa as his Vice Presidential candidate.
Dantalle said the decision to adopt Atiku was reached during the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja on Thursday morning.
According to the APM chairman, the resolution to adopt the former Vice President was in the national interest after evaluating his democratic credentials.
He added that the Atiku-Okowa ticket is the best and the only presidential ticket to rescue the nation that has been drifting to anarchy under the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He said: “After evaluating the democratic credentials of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, the Allied Peoples’ Movement Considers it appropriate in the national interest to adopt them for president and vice president in the forthcoming election.
“Atiku-Okowa ticket is the best and the only presidential ticket to rescue the nation that has been drifting to anarchy. Nigeria needs a competent, experienced, visionary, resourceful, and dynamic leader to resolve its multifarious challenges and chart a new course for the nation in the next four years.”
Dantalle said the APM will collapse its structures nationwide to campaign for the Atiku-Okowa presidency in the coming days, adding that the party has confidence in Atiku’s leadership.
He added: “APM has confidence in the leadership of Atiku-Okowa and will collapse its structures nationwide to campaign for their presidential ticket.
“The Party will, however, contest other elective positions including Senate, House of Representatives, Governorship, and State House of Assembly seats. APM presented credible candidates for these positions and was sure of victory in Governorship and Legislative seats.
“National interest supersedes partisan politics. We must join hands to rebuild our beloved nation and make Nigeria great again.
“The party urges Nigerians to come out en masse and vote for PDP’s presidential candidate and his running mate, Atiku, and Okowa. The umbrella symbol of the party is big enough to accommodate fellow compatriots and turn around the destiny of the nation.”
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