Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar has revealed that he will officially declare his intent to run for the 2023 presidential election on Wednesday.
Atiku To Officially Declare His Presidential Ambition
A statement by Atiku’s media office on Sunday, said he will declare his intention to contest the 2023 presidency under the platform of the the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the International Conference Centre, Abuja by 11am.
The statement reads, “After several months of consultations with stakeholders across the country and in the diaspora, as well as all organs of the Peoples Democratic Party, Nigeria’s former Vice President and presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar, will officially declare his intent to run for the 2023 presidential election on Wednesday, March 23, 2022.
“The event which will have Atiku Abubakar’s friends, associates, political leaders, party faithful, and supporters in attendance will take place at the International Conference Centre, Abuja at 11 am.
“His official declaration kickstarts the former Vice President’s participation in the race for the presidential ticket of the PDP ahead of the next year’s general election.”
KanyiDaily recalls that Atiku Abubakar recently dismissed insinuations that he was working against the policy of the PDP to zone its Presidential ticket to the South-East.