The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, should step down and throw his weight on him (Tinubu) for the 2023 general elections.
Tinubu said this on Monday when he met with members of the Arewa Joint Committee in the North for an interactive session organised by a coalition of six Northern groups including the Arewa Consultative Forum, Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, Northern Elders Forum, Jamar Matan Arewa, among others at Arewa House in Kaduna.
The APC candidate said Atiku should know that it is time to pay him (Tinubu) back for supporting the former Vice President in 2007.
According to a video shared by a Twitter user, @Sirodue1, Tinubu said he dropped his ambition in 2007 and endorsed Atiku who contested under the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).
According to the APC national leader and former Lagos State governor, “I supported Atiku Abubakar in 2007. Don’t blame me if I ask for the payback period.
“It’s payback. Let him endorse me instead of conducting rallies around Kaduna while I’m talking to great people here. Let the credit be enough and pay back in good measure.”
SaharaReporters earlier reported that hoodlums also on Monday allegedly attacked the PDP presidential campaign rally in Kaduna.
Senator Shehu Sani who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th Assembly had disclosed this in a tweet.
“Thugs just invaded the Atiku Rally venue in Kaduna with swords and machetes,” he posted.
The PDP had organised the rally to drum support for the presidential candidate of the party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa.
