They bring with them the political firepower of the original breakaway governors from northern states – Sule Lamido (Jigawa State) Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu (Niger) Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara) Murtala Nyako (Adamawa) Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso (Kano) and Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto) – as well as influential former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar...
On 5 September ‘General' Reuben Wilson of Bayelsa State head of the Leadership Peace and Cultural Development Initiative issued a statement warning both Atiku Abubakar and Rotimi Amaechi to stop undermining the President...
Adding further weight to the rebels were former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki a former Kwara Governor who had been eyeing the presidency...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and other senior politicians have entertained similar notions...
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Another would be his former Vice- President Atiku Abubakar with whom he fell out spectacularly a decade ago...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 4 |
- NIGERIA
- CHINA
In early February former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar who may run for the top job in the 2014 elections praised China’s engagement in Nigeria adding that early warnings about exercising caution with Beijing have since died down...
They say that since Atiku Abubakar is back in the party he helped to found the contest will not be democratic...
• Atiku Abubakar was Obasanjo’s Vice-President...
The shortcomings of President Goodluck Jonathan’s government have been pointed out by northern grandees such as Generals Muhammadu Buhari Ibrahim Babangida and Aliyu Mohammed Gusau and civilian politicians such as Atiku Abubakar...
Relations remain poor with South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma who is close to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar a sworn enemy of Jonathan’s...
Tinubu has financed the ACN whose presidential candidate in 2007 was Atiku Abubakar...