I’ll run for presidency in 2027 – Atiku declares

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has finally laid to rest insinuation that he might not contest the presidential poll two years from now, stressing that he will run for the nation’s top job in the next election cycle.

Atiku’s position was made public through his long-time associate and spokesperson during the 2023 elections, Tunde Olusunle, during an interview with ThisDay last night.

Atiku’s recent declaration follows reports that he may reconsider his presidential bid after Prof. Ola Olateju from Achievers University suggested that Atiku is more focused on improving Nigeria than on the presidency itself.

In response, Atiku distanced himself from Olateju’s comments, stating from his holiday home in the UAE that the remarks were unauthorised.

“When people stand in for me at events, we preview my thoughts on the instant subject. In this particular instance, there was no engagement with me to distil my thoughts. Prof. Olateju was not speaking for me,” Atiku was quoted as saying.

“I will run in 2027. Nigeria needs to be decisively rescued from the intensive care unit it has been consigned to. The degeneration in our country, the level of poverty and pain, the anguish, is unacceptable,” he said