When Atiku Abubakar defied expectations and emerged as the PDP candidate in Nigeria's presidential election one of the key figures lobbying at the party's convention on his behalf was Aliyu Mohammed Gusau a veteran spy chief...
A higher turnout in the opposition heartlands of the south-south and south-east will benefit the People's Democratic Party and its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar...
The position of the ailing 75-year-old looked far more certain until former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar announced himself as the People's Democratic Party candidate after his defection from APC last year and sought support in the Niger Delta (AC Vol 59 No 23 Promises promises)...
He has endorsed the PDP's presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar having excoriated him at length in his autobiography and in the country's colourful newspapers...
The leading opposition Presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar is a strong supporter of Brexit believing that it will open new trading opportunities for Africa...
That's when former President Olusegun Obasanjo endorsed his once Vice-President and newly crowned leader of the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar...
Atiku Abubakar has chosen former Anambra governor Peter Obi as his running mate to shore up support in the region and to ride on Obi's reformist credentials which remain strong from his period in office and may redress Atiku's poor reputation on governance...
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The field is already crowded with other defectors: former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar (1999-2007) is now back in the PDP for a third time while Aminu Tambuwal Sokoto Governor who has also flirted between rival parties said on 16 August that he was 'under intense pressure from various quarters' to stand for the presidency...
The top two contenders are Kwankwaso and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar who is favoured by Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike...
Another aggrieved heavyweight is the former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar who has since returned to the PDP...
That group called the New PDP (nPDP) was led by Usman Bugaje an ally of the then Vice-President Atiku Abubakar...
