But former governor of Kwara State Bukola Saraki or current governor of Sokoto State Aminu Tambuwal could run Atiku very close...
Sokoto state governor Aminu Tambuwal designated as one of the party's four leading contenders denied being involved in the process after he won fewer votes than Saraki and Mohammed...
That is bad news for the PDP's top presidential contenders from the north former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar from Adamawa State and Sokoto State governor Aminu Tambuwal...
That means the frontrunners will be multi-millionaire and last year's failed candidate Atiku Abubakar or someone close to Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike who last year backed Sokoto State governor Aminu Tambuwal...
Aminu Tambuwal and Nyesom Wike PDP governors of Sokoto and Rivers states respectively who have an eye on their party's ticket in 2023 didn't help the campaign in Bayelsa...
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In Sokoto incumbent governor Aminu Tambuwal is seeking a second term after failing to win nomination as a presidential candidate (AC Vol 59 No 25 Election bored game)...
Although the ruling party has broadly united behind Buhari's candidacy – all the serious challengers such as Sokoto governor Aminu Tambuwal and the former state governors Rabiu Kwankwaso (Kano) and Bukola Saraki (Kwara) have defected to the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) – there are big political fights at state level...
A few hundred turned up for Atiku's launch rally on 3 December in Sokoto where incumbent governor Aminu Tambuwal had been one the leading contenders for the PDP's presidential ticket...
However Governor Tambuwal of Sokoto and former Kano governor Rabiu Kwankwaso have defected to the PDP and although they probably will not deliver a win for Atiku in their states they may well keep the APC machine from inflating the numbers and deliver the 25% that Atiku needs as well as possibly winning gubernatorial races there...
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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...
