Former Vice President and candidate of the People’e Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Atiku Abubakar has formally informed the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the party of his intention to run for president in the 2023 general elections appealing to them to give him another opportunity.
He made his interest known to the Bot members on Tuesday during a meeting with the PDP leaders in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
Atiku, the presidential candidate of the main opposition party in the 2019 general elections, begged for another opportunity to represent the PDP in the coming poll.
He also promised to build bridges across the regions if given the ticket to fly the party’s flag when Nigerians go to the poll next year.
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His words; ‘Please join me in building bridges across this country so that every part of this country will have a sense of belonging,’ he told the crowd of PDP leaders at the meeting.
‘Leaders, elders, wise men of our great party, I call on you to please give me another opportunity to advance all these ideals of our party so that we can consolidate democracy, unity, and development of our country.’
The former vice president thanked the PDP leaders for honouring his invitation to attend the meeting.
At the end of the discussion, he took to social media to share photos of the meeting.
‘Today’s meeting with the Board of Trustees of the PDP shows clearly that our party is organic and ready to lead Nigeria into a brighter future,’ he said in a post on his verified Facebook page.
Africa Today News, New York reports that Atiku would need to sort out the issue of zoning if he intends to stand any chance in the party primaries.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK