Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has mentioned the 2027 presidential election could also be his closing try to change into Nigeria’s chief, citing his age and the excessive stakes concerned.
Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Social gathering within the 2023 election, made the comment throughout an interview on Come up Tv on Wednesday night.
Responding to a query on whether or not turning 80 by 2027 would make the stakes larger for him, Atiku mentioned it might probably be his final outing.
“Definitely sure, as a result of the stakes are larger and I consider that will probably be my final outing,” he mentioned.
Atiku has made a number of makes an attempt to change into Nigeria’s president since returning to partisan politics in 2003.
He first contested the presidency in 1993 below the Social Democratic Social gathering primaries earlier than stepping down for the late Moshood Abiola.
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He later ran in 2007 below the Motion Congress, dropping to the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.
Atiku additionally contested in 2011 below the Motion Congress of Nigeria, dropping to former President Goodluck Jonathan.
He returned to the Peoples Democratic Social gathering and contested the 2019 presidential election, the place he misplaced to former President Muhammadu Buhari.
In 2023, he once more emerged PDP candidate however misplaced to President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress.
The previous vice chairman has persistently positioned himself as a long-time advocate of restructuring, {economic} liberalisation and personal sector-driven development.
With the 2027 election cycle already shaping early political alignments, Atiku’s newest remark provides to rising hypothesis over the subsequent part of Nigeria’s presidential contest.
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