PDP presidential campaign not suspended —Tambuwal

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has not halted its presidential campaign for the 2023 election, according to Aminu Tambuwal, the governor of Sokoto.

The governor stated this on Thursday in Lagos, according to a statement made by Muhammad Bello, Tambuwal’s media advisor.

The main opposition party’s presidential campaign, which was launched in Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom, on Monday, has reportedly been suspended, according to sources.

The presidential rally has not been postponed, according to Tambuwal, Director-general of the PDP campaign organization, and will continue on Monday in Kaduna, he said.

Tambuwal said he was “amazed and taken aback last night when I saw on social media and on very many platforms that we’ve called off our campaign”.

“That is far from the truth. In fact, it is fake news. People are looking forward to our coming to states, capitals, and villages because PDP is the party to beat in 2023,” he said.

“Other parties are afraid because they have not started (their campaigns). None of them has composed their campaign councils, not to even talk of starting. They are trying to throw spanners at our works. They will not succeed.

“It is one of those shenanigans when you see a party doing well and its candidate is better than yours. What you begin to do is to cause mischief. It is not going to work. We’ll run our campaign. As I said before, it is going to be issue-based. We believe there are sufficient problems bedevilling our country.

“I believe in the candidature of Atiku and Okowa. I also believe that when we get there, we shall do better for Nigeria and we hope we are able to convince Nigerians to vote for Atiku/Okowa come February 2023.”