The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that there was nothing to indicate that the party will lose the 2023 presidential election in Lagos, Rivers and Kano States.

Spokesman for the PDP, Debo Ologunagba, said this in response to the assertion by the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.

Kwankwaso, who spoke in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Monday, told the PDP and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar to forget about the election because the party would lose in those three states.

Lagos, Kano and Rivers have consistently recorded the highest number of votes in past presidential elections in the country.

But Ologbondiyan stated on Monday that Kwankwaso was entitled to his opinion, stressing however, that the PDP will not be distracted by such comments.

According to the spokesman, the PDP is assured of victory in the poll because of the quality and capability of the party’s presidential candidate and his running mate, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa.

Ologunagba said: “Ordinarily, we should not be reacting to such comments because everybody is entitled to their opinion. We are fielding a highly experienced and capable presidential candidate in the person of Atiku Abubakar so we should not be distracted by other people’s comments.

“Kwankwaso is also a presidential candidate so let him face his own campaign and allow other parties to also mind their business.

“We keep saying in the PDP that the people are our strength and our greatest assets. It’s Kwankwaso that spoke and not the Nigerian people who have already keyed into our rescue plan for Nigeria.

“We have already held our rallies in Borno, Kaduna and Akwa Ibom. We also held our rally in Gombe today. Nigerians showed us love in all the states we have covered so far.

“As a presidential candidate in the same race, in how many states has the NNPP candidate held him rallies? While we would not want to be dragged into any exchange with anybody, we will like to state emphatically that Nigerians have seen the difference between the 16 years of PDP and the hell they have been through in the past seven years.

“With due respect, Kwankwaso is not in any position to speak for Nigerian voters so he should allow them to freely make their choice,” he added. (The Nation)

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