Former
Vice President Atiku Abubakar will formally open his presidential campaign on
Saturday, following “several months of consultations with critical stakeholders
in Nigeria and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),” his office said
in a statement.
The former vice president will stand before a
crowd in Yola, the capital of his home state of Adamawa, around noon Saturday,
hoping to tap into the anger of some citizens towards the current
administration to rally for a broader support for his long-time ambition.
Mr Abubakar, a retired customs official, first
eyed the presidency in 1993, but said he was amongst those who stepped down for
the late Moshood Abiola to emerge the candidate of Social Democratic Party at
the time. In 1999, he won a race for Adamawa governor when civil rule returned
to the country, but Olusegun Obasanjo, who had been elected president in the
1999 general election, tapped him as his running mate.
A Friday evening statement from his media
office said he would also unveil a policy document soon after the declaration.
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