In continuation of his zonal rallies ahead of the February 16 presidential election, the Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, his running mate, Peter Obi, leadership of the party and members of the presidential campaign team, were yesterday in Gombe,capital of Gombe State, for the Northeast Zonal Rally.
The PDP team pledged to return the country to a working nation where citizens would no longer pine away in hunger and abject poverty.
Noting that the Northeast has been a hotbed for the Islamist sect, Boko Haram insurgency, that has led thousands of people dead since 2014, the Presidential candidate pledged to end the nightmare if voted into power next year.
He promised to give priority attention to security in the zone to enable the people go back to their means of livelihood in order to fulfil their God-given destiny.
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He lamented the massive destruction suffered by the region, which happens to be the region where he comes from. He also promised that in addition to creating an enabling environment for businesses to thrive, his administration would create jobs for the teeming unemployed youths in the zone.
Other leaders on the entourage also took turns to assure the people of a brighter future in an Atiku/Obi administration, urging them to make a wise choice in their voting next year.
The rally in Gombe was the 4th zonal rally the PDP presidential candidate has convened since the lift of the ban on presidential campaigns. He had previously launched Zonal engagements in Northwest (Sokoto), North central (Kwara) and Southwest (Ibadan).
