Atiku praises Wike, Obasanjo, others in victory speech at the PDP convention

Former Vice President and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has accepted to be the party’s flag bearer in the 2019 presidential election. Mr Abubakar polled 1,532 votes to defeat 11 other contestants in the primary which ended on Sunday afternoon in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

In his acceptance speech, Mr Abubakar paid tribute to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and other PDP leaders. He described the convention as “a landmark event.”

The former vice president commended his fellow contestants “for displaying a sense of unity, a sense of purpose and a sense of commitment.”

“I am ever ready to work with each and every one of them for the realisation of the victory of our party in the forthcoming elections. I cannot do it alone,” he said.

In paying tribute to Mr Wike and the government and people of Rivers State, Mr Abubakar said, “We look forward to working with you (Rivers governor and people) so that our party can be returned to power in the next election.”

He said he and PDP leaders “cannot afford to fail Nigerians at this very moment.” Paying tribute to Mr Obasanjo, Mr Abubakar said he would not have succeeded as a presidential candidate if “President Olusegun Obasanjo had not made me his vice president.”

“Under his tutelage, I learnt quite a lot. I wish to pay my personal tribute to him.”

Mr Abubakar then pledged to the PDP chairman, Uche Secondus, “and members of this party that you will not find me wanting.”

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When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, when the road you're trudging seems all uphill, when the funds are low and the debts are high, and you want to smile but you have to sigh, when care is pressing you down a bit - rest if you must, but don't you quit. Life is queer with its twists and turns. As everyone of us sometimes learns. And many a fellow turns about when he might have won had he stuck it out. Don't give up though the pace seems slow - you may succeed with another blow. Often the goal is nearer than it seems to a faint and faltering man; Often the struggler has given up when he might have captured the victor's cup; and he learned too late when the night came down, how close he was to the golden crown. Success is failure turned inside out - the silver tint of the clouds of doubt, and when you never can tell how close you are, it may be near when it seems afar; so stick to the fight when you're hardest hit - it's when things seem...

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