Atiku Declares Presidential Ambition, Says APC Has Failed Nigerians

Former Vice President and chieftain of the
Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,
has openly declared his intention to contest the
position of the President in 2019.
Abubakar made this known on Tuesday during a
visit to the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom
Wike.
On the trip with Abubakar were leaders of the
PDP, who were in the state to consult with
chieftains of the party in Rivers State.
He said he was offering himself to set the
country on the path of growth after “the serial
failure” of the All Progressives Congress.
He said that since 2015, the APC Federal
Government had destroyed the education, health
and infrastructural sectors through poor
budgetary allocations and releases.
He said: “Since 2015, we have not seen a 100-
kilometre road constructed by the APC Federal
Government anywhere in the country.”
Abubakar pointed out that the APC Federal
Government had destroyed the foundation of
unity and cohesion of the country.
He said: “I have never seen Nigeria so divided
along religious, ethnic and regional lines.
“This division is as a result of the
mismanagement of the APC.”
Wike urged all PDP members irrespective of their
status to ensure that the march to the
Presidential Villa was not truncated by disunity.
He urged presidential aspirants on the platform
of the PDP to contest within acceptable limits,
adding that the race should not be a do-or-die
affair, but a movement to oust a failed APC
Federal Government.
Wike said: “Every presidential aspirant must see
himself as a member of the larger PDP family.
“We must do everything to ensure that the PDP
returns to the Presidential Villa in 2019.
“Only one aspirant will become a candidate.
“We will do everything to ensure that the party
comes out with a candidate that has a track
record to upstage the APC.”