BREAKING: Atiku Abubakar Hints At Supporting Obi, El-Rufai In 2027

Atiku Abubakar has hinted at supporting the Peter Obi and El-Rufai ticket in 2027.

 

NewsOnline Nigeria reports that Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has declared that he is uncertain about his 2027 presidential ambitions.

 

This Nigeria news platform understands that Atiku, who has contested for the presidency six times, remarked in a yet-to-be-aired interview for a television show, Untold Stories, with Adesuwa Giwa-Osagie.

 

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His remarks came a few days after he announced the formation of a coalition of opposition leaders aiming to oust the President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government.

 

When asked if he would run for the presidency in the next election, Atiku said, “I don’t know because there has to be, first of all, a viable platform, more than any other time in the political history of this country, particularly since the return of democracy.”

 

The former VP, however, did not rule out the possibility of contesting the 2027 election, stating that Nigeria needs a competent leader.

 

“I have not seen Nigeria in dire need of, you know, an experienced and credible leadership than this time.

 

“We had a similar, you know, what would I say, merger in 2014. About four of us, or is it three? We all ran for president, and one of us emerged, and we all supported the one who emerged, and he won,” he said.

 

There are speculations that Atiku may give his support to the former Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi and the former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-rufai, for the 2027 election.