Atiku Abubakar Archives - Page 9 of 13

Oct

15

2022

2023: Northerners don’t need Yoruba, Igbo candidates – Atiku

Opinion, Politics2023, Atiku Abubakar, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said those from the North don’t need candidates from the South during the 2023 elections. Atiku stated this while responding to a question posed to him by the spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, during an Interactive Session With Arewa Joint Committee held on Saturday in Kaduna State. According to him, Northerners need to vote for him rather than a Yoruba or Igbo candidate because he’s a Pan-Nigerian with a northern extraction. When Baba-Ahmed asked Atiku why Northerners should vote for him, the PDP presidential…

Oct

14

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

2023: Jonathan calls Okowa incoming VP, endorses Atiku Abubakar

Politics2023, Atiku Abubakar, Goodluck Jonathan, Next Level, Nigeria, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

With less than five months to the 2023 presidential election, former President Goodluck Jonathan has endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa. Jonathan described Governor Okowa of Delta State as the “incoming Vice President” of Nigeria. He spoke yesterday while hosting the Delta State governor. Pulling Okowa from his seat, Jonathan, who was seen holding a plate of kola nuts and praying for his guests, asked God to grant his visitor “acceptability.” “We pray that this kola nut being presented to all of us will give us more energy, more acceptability,…

Oct

12

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

Nnamani warns PDP over boycott of Wike’s camp

Opinion, Politics2023, Atiku Abubakar, Ken Nnamani, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

A former governor of Enugu State and Senator representing Enugu East senatorial District, Chimaroke Nnamani, has faulted the decision of the PDP to ignore five of its governors as it commenced presidential campaigns for the forthcoming 2023 elections. Governors Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Sam Ortom of Benue State, Ikpeazu Okezie of Abia State, and Ifeanyi Uguanya of Enugu State have said they will not support the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar unless Iyorchia Ayu resigns as the party chair. After several efforts to the aggrieved governors to reverse their decision failed, the party commenced…

Oct

10

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

Wike, govs absent as Atiku commences campaign

News2023, Atiku Abubakar, Next Level, Nigeria, Nyesom Wike, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, commenced his presidential campaign in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, with a promise to rescue Nigeria from insecurity and bad economy, and to unite the northern and southern parts of the country. This was as five PDP governors were absent at the commencement of the campaign, which held at the Nests of Champion International Stadium, Uyo, the state capital. The PDP governors that failed to turn up at the rally included the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde,…

Oct

04

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

BMO to Atiku: Your party in disarray, you’re unfit to fix Nigeria

Opinion, Politics2023, Atiku Abubakar, BMO, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

Buhari Media Organisation, BMO, on Sunday sais any presidential candidate of a political party that cannot put his house in order is in no position to promise to run a government of national unity if elected. BMO made this observation in reaction to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar’s social media broadcast tagged: “My New Social Contract for a New Nigeria”. Atiku had said in that broadcast that the All Progressives Congress, APC, government will be remembered for how it failed to maintain the integrity of our unity, and how it put a knife between…