The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, will lead other dignitaries of the party to Ilorin, Kwara State, on Thursday to kick off his campaign in the North Central geopolitical zone.
Speaking with journalists in Ilorin on Tuesday, the director general of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council in Kwara State, Dr Mahmud Babatunde Ajeigbe, said issues surrounding use of the venue for the event, Metropolitan Square, Ilorin, had been resolved with the state government’s approval.
He also said security agencies in the state had assured the party of adequate maintenance of law and order, adding that supporters of the party are ready to receive the party’s flag-bearer to the state.
Ajeigbe assured that their disagreements would be resolved and the party would come out stronger for next year’s elections.
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According to him, voting along ethnic lines in the forthcoming general elections will put Nigeria in danger as the challenges being faced do not have ethnic colouration.