Strong
indications have emerged that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar is warming
up to roll out his machinery for the 2015 presidential election.
indications have emerged that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar is warming
up to roll out his machinery for the 2015 presidential election.
His campaign office at Jabi district in Abuja, which was never
really closed and had operated on a skeletal level, is now being renovated and
put in good shape for the campaigns.
really closed and had operated on a skeletal level, is now being renovated and
put in good shape for the campaigns.
The office is already taking a new shape as workers have been
busy carrying out extensive renovations on the media office.
The renovation, THISDAY learnt, has been going on since the end
of the public holidays to mark the end of the Muslim Ramadan fasting period.
of the public holidays to mark the end of the Muslim Ramadan fasting period.
It was learnt the media office is also being strengthened with
more hands to promote Atiku’s fresh bid for power.
more hands to promote Atiku’s fresh bid for power.
THISDAY investigation revealed that although President Goodluck
Jonathan is yet to come out openly on the issue of 2015, some Northern
political contenders like Atiku are not leaving things to chances.
Jonathan is yet to come out openly on the issue of 2015, some Northern
political contenders like Atiku are not leaving things to chances.
Atiku is largely regarded as
the strongest political contender in the PDP from Northern Nigeria.
His bid for the presidency dates back to the build-up to the annulled 1993
presidential election.
the strongest political contender in the PDP from Northern Nigeria.
His bid for the presidency dates back to the build-up to the annulled 1993
presidential election.
At that time, he vied for the ticket of the defunct Social
Democratic Party in Jos but stepped down in the second ballot to pave way for
the eventual winner, late Bashorun MKO Abiola.
Democratic Party in Jos but stepped down in the second ballot to pave way for
the eventual winner, late Bashorun MKO Abiola.
He also contested for the presidency in 2007 and 2011, vying for
the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the party’s convention in
Abuja but lost on the two occasions.
the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the party’s convention in
Abuja but lost on the two occasions.
He was the concensus candidate of the Northern Political Leaders
Forum (NPLF), the group which unsuccessfully campaigned for the sanctity of the
PDP zoning arrangement in the last April 2011 presidential election.
Forum (NPLF), the group which unsuccessfully campaigned for the sanctity of the
PDP zoning arrangement in the last April 2011 presidential election.
Credit: Thisday
