About 469 Atiku Support Groups have threatened to withdraw their support, as they accused the Atiku
Presidential Campaign Office (APCO) of neglect
.
The groups which formed a coalition known as APCO support group
warned the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against
sabotaging the effort of the presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku
Abubakar, as they did to former President Goodluck Johnathan in 2015.
The convener of the group, Amb. Enobong Iyang, popularly known as
Don P, threatened to withdraw their support for Atiku if urgent steps
were not taken to address their grievances.
The leaders met in APCO office in Abuja on Tuesday and deliberated on many issues hindering the performance of support groups.
They said that the situation could affect Atiku’s outing in 2019 if not properly managed.
They accused APCO leadership of lackadaisical attitude and neglecting
the effort of support groups despite all the resources spent and
efforts made in promoting Atiku to the electorate in the last one year.
The groups claimed they had been using personal resources to mobilise support for Atiku across the 36 states.
They regretted that in spite of their efforts, no recognition was accorded the groups.
They reported that prior to the Port Harcourt presidential primary
election of the party, APCO had 860 support groups and the leadership
set up a special committee of seventeen leaders known as L-17 to vet and
trim the groups into a sizeable and manageable number.
The L-17 committee swung into action and eventually trimmed the
number to 469 authenticated groups and submitted same to the leadership
of APCO but nothing has been done.
Other prominent leaders of the groups include the National Coordinator of Atikudom 2019, who is Ambassador Enobong Inyang.
Others are National Coordinator of Democracy Development Network, Mr
Godwin Enemona; National Coordinator of Atiku Global Support Group (AGSG)
Alhaji Gambo Jagindi and Princess Kemi.
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