Daily Trust Sunday

Atiku mobilizes support for Obaseki

- From Usman A. Bello, Benin

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has directed that his support groups in Edo State be immediatel­y activated to galvanise supports for the re-election of

Governor Godwin Obaseki in the forthcomin­g election in the state.

Deputy Director in charge of Atiku Support Group/Mobilizati­on in the defunct Atiku Presidenti­al Campaign Organisati­on, Oladimeji Fabiyi confirmed the directives of the former Vice President to journalist­s in Benin yesterday.

“Atiku has directed that all independen­t Atiku Support Groups in Edo State should be activated with immediate effect as part of mobilizati­on for the victory of Godwin Obaseki, the governorsh­ip candidate of the PDP,” he said.

Fabiyi said, Atiku who is a major stakeholde­r of the PDP considers it imperative to put in place winning structures and machinery that will guarantee total victory for the party in Edo State

He said the developmen­t was to ensure that the party complete take full control of the South South region which he noted “belonged to the PDP naturally and originally”.

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