Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President, has run for president five times. It will be his sixth attempt to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Atiku stated that becoming Nigeria’s president is a lifelong dream that he will pursue as long as he is alive and healthy.
“It is a life-long ambition and as long as I’m alive and strong and healthy, I will continue pursuing it,”
the Financial Times quoted Atiku as saying in Lagos after a campaign rally.
I have come to the last stage, says Atiku
After saying he would continue to pursue the presidential dream if he’s alive and strong, Atiku quickly suggested the presidential 2023 election would be his final act.
“I’ve come to the last stage now. I don’t think after this I will run again,”
he said.
Meanwhile, a long-serving aide to the PDP presidential candidate, whose name was not revealed, told the Financial Times how his boss will win in 2023.
According to the aide, Atiku will give his opponents, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), a close race in their southern strongholds and use President Muhammadu Buhari’s absence from the ballot to win the northern votes by a large margin.
Meanwhile, Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate, has stated that if elected in 2023, he will form a government of national unity that will include opposition politicians.
Atiku, who describes himself as a unifier, stated this in an interview published on Monday, December 19 by the Financial Times.
Asked if he could appoint the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, if elected, Atiku responded:
“Why not?”