by Azubuike Azikiwe

Governor of Akwa Ibom, Godswill Akpabio, has boasted that the party’s presidential candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan, would win over 90 per cent of the votes cast across the country.

Akpabio made the declaration on Monday, March 2, while speaking to State House correspondents at the end of a meeting with Jonathan and PDP governors and governorship candidates at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, saying: “The meeting was just to take stock of the situation on ground and the report is very favourable. It looks like on the first ballot, we will win well over 90 per cent of the votes across Nigeria.”

Akpabio said: “Today, Nigerians are much more aware of what the PDP administration under President Goodluck Jonathan has been doing. I want to commend not only the President but also members of the Federal Executive Council who have opened the eyes of Nigerians to know that so many things have been done in the different sectors of the economy.”

“It was as if people did not know these things because the opposition took over and they kept saying PDP was doing nothing. Yet, in four years of the President’s tenure, he has achieved far more than any President had ever done in the history of our country. We are very proud of the achievements of the PDP, not just at the federal level but also at the different states.”

“If you want to assess state-by-state, pick the opposition’s best APC state in Nigeria and compare it with the best state of the PDP, you will see that we tower above the opposition in all ramifications.”

“The next election, particularly the election of March 28 will be about performance and issues. Nigerians have since gone above the level of tribalism and ethnic or religion differences. God put us together in this country and He knew that we are a multiplicity of religions and tribes.”

Kolapo Olapoju