IT is now a fact of the public market place that Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president to Olusegun Obasanjo, is now the presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party, PDP.. As such, he is expected to carry the banner of his political party [PDP] into the 2019 general election. There is even  a greater and herculean assignment, besides just being the flag bearer of his Party, ahead for him, he is now the greatest individual challenger to Muhammadu Buhari in contesting for the presidency,  in 2019. It is like saying that Atiku Abubakar, by picking the PDP ticket, has become the only one person to decide the continuity or otherwise of Buhari as president of Nigeria henceforth.

ONITSHA—AS part of their appreciation for picking a South Easterner as his running mate in the forthcoming 2019 presidential election, the youth wing of Ohanaeze Ndigbo says it has concluded plans to carry  out a two million-man march to galvanize support for  Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,  the  presidential candidate of  Peoples Democratic Party, PDP   and his running mate, Peter Obi.

The United States of America (USA) has said that it has no preferred candidate in the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria in February 2019.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, said his policy document targeting at creating an enabling environment for the youths and women to return to the path of wealth creation and gainful employment would soon be unveiled.

Anambra state chapter of the People’s Democratic Party PDP has hailed the choice of Mr Peter Obi as the party’s vice presidential candidate, describing it as a genuine commitment to nationhood.