After suffering an unexpected defeat, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has congratulated former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for picking the Presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 general elections.

THE National Coordinator of Delta Ijaw Grassroot Political Movement, DIGPM, Mala Isaac, has said that only a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, with Atiku Abubakar as president can revamp Nigeria’s economy, restore its past glory and put smiles on the faces of the masses.

SENATOR Theodore Orji representing Abia Central at the National Assembly and former presidential aspirant of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Charles Udeogaranya have congratulated former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar on his emergence as the presidential candidate of the main opposition, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, saying Atiku’s victory clearly indicates that hope has come to Nigerians once again.

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, challenged the claims of impropriety in his emergence and past conduct by the Muhammadu Buhari Campaign, saying the President would have long jailed him if he found a trace of misconduct on his part.

ABUJA—Governor of Sokoto State and erstwhile presidential aspirant on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Aminu Tambuwal, has said he is committed to the rescue of Nigeria from the hands of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari would have arrested him if he had found him wanting and that he is the most investigated politician in Nigeria.

A dogged political veteran, Nigeria’s former vice-president Atiku Abubakar is the nearly man of Nigerian politics, whose repeat bids for the presidency have attracted support, scorn and controversy.

The All Progressives Congress APC has congratulated Alh. Atiku Abubakar on his emergence as the Peoples Democratic Party PDP 2019 presidential candidate, but told him in clear terms that the seat of Nigeria’s president is not for the highest bidder.

A former chieftain and member of the Board of Trustees, BoT, of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Sam Nkire has said that with the candidature of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for the 2019 presidential election, the game was now over for President Muhammadu Buhari and his party.

Former Senate President, David Mark, has congratulated former Vice President Atiku Abubabkar, on his emergence as the presidential flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 general elections.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is certainly not a fan of Atiku Abubakar, his former vice-president, who is now the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party. His various testimonials about his former deputy are trending online.

The Lagos State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday congratulated Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on his emergence as the party’s presidential candidate for the 2019 general elections.

The polity was astir, yesterday, over the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as the presidential standard bearers of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, respectively.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, weekend, picked the presidential tickets of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, respectively in style. While President Buhari was affirmed as the ruling party’s flagbearer at the party’s convention in Abuja, Atiku won the PDP primaries in Port-Harcourt.
Currently, the duo remain frontrunners in the 2019 race for the presidency. This piece examines their strengths, weaknesses, and what stand them out in the race.

Phrank Shaibu is a Public Communication Consultant who writes from Abuja. In this piece, he discusses five (5) reasons he believes the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar will “beat Buhari silly” come 2019 election.