According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the party has set Tuesday, 20 February 2022, as the date for its campaign in the state.
On Sunday in Katsina, Dr Mustapha Inuwa, the Director General of the Atiku-Lado Campaign Council, revealed this to reporters.
According to Inuwa, the council requested authorization to use the stadium in two letters to the state administration.
He clarified that the state government had replied to the party's two letters by stating that the venue's renovations were still in progress and it could not be used for the event.
The two alternate places offered by the state administration, according to Inuwa, are close to densely inhabited regions and won't be practical.
“One of the locations is within the populated area of the state, while the other is very close to the Federal Medical Centre.
“If there is an emergency situation, it will be difficult for an ambulance to move around,“ according to Inuwa.
The Atiku-Lado Campaign Council director-general and the council’s Chairman, Sen. Ibrahim Umar-Tsauri, expressed serious concern over the response from the state government.
Sen. Umar-Tsauri described the development as “sad and democratically challenging, " saying that the rally was for their state's presidential, gubernatorial, and other PDP candidates.
“You all know that we built the stadium for the people of Katsina State and Nigeria but today, we want to use the stadium, but because we are not in government, the government in power has refused us to use it.
“This is really sad, politically unbecoming and democratically challenging. It is too bad,“ he said.
In a letter signed by Alhaji Ibrahim Nuradeen on behalf of the Secretary to the State Government (SGS), Alhaji Muntari Lawal, the state government said the stadium was under “repairs” and could not be released for use.