2019 : ATIKU DECLARES PRESIDENTIAL BID
Former Vice president of Nigeria Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has formerly declared his ambition to run for presidency in 2019. After several months of consultations with critical stakeholders in Nigeria and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has formerly made his declaration to contest the 2019 presidential election under the PDP.
Atiku made his declaration at a political rally in Yola, the capital of his home state of Adamawa.
According a press release from his media team, Atiku’s decision to join the presidential race in 2019 was in response to the yearnings of majority of Nigerians to enthrone a government that will fix the country’s broken economy, strengthen national unity and create much-needed jobs for Nigerians.
It reads, “After extensive consultations with his family, Nigerians of diverse dispensations at home and abroad, His Excellency Atiku Abubakar has decided to make a formal bid for the 2019 presidential election race under the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)”, the statement said.
Atiku Abubakar has embarked on nationwide consultative visits to many states across the country where he met with stakeholders in the PDP. He has visited all but one of the states in the South-South geo-political zone, as well as some states in the South-East geo-political zone.
The former Vice President and leading presidential hopeful, has also embarked on visitations to states in the North-East zone where he met with stakeholders from Borno, Yobe, Gombe, Taraba and culminating with a grand rally in his honour by the Adamawa State Peoples Democratic Party in Yola on Saturday, 21 July.
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