{"id":156764,"date":"2025-03-26T08:43:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T07:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/i-dont-know-if-i-will-run-for-2027-presidency-atiku"},"modified":"2025-04-04T13:29:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T12:29:12","slug":"i-dont-know-if-i-will-run-for-2027-presidency-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-dont-know-if-i-will-run-for-2027-presidency-atiku","title":{"rendered":"I don\u2019t know if I will run for 2027 presidency \u2013 Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has declared that he is uncertain about his 2027 presidential ambition.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku, who has contested for the presidency six times, made the remark in a yet-to-be-aired interview for a television show, Untold Stories, with Adesuwa Giwa-Osagie.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks came a few days after he announced the formation of a coalition of opposition leaders aiming to oust the President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress, APC government.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he would run for the presidency in the next election, Atiku said, \u201cI don\u2019t know because there has to be, first of all, a viable platform, more than any other time in the political history of this country, particularly since the return of democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former VP, however, did not rule out the possibility of contesting in the 2027 election, stating the need for Nigeria to have a competent leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have not seen Nigeria in dire need of, you know, an experienced and credible leadership than this time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a similar, you know, what would I say, merger in 2014. About four of us or is it three? We all ran for president and one of us emerged, and we all supported the one who emerged, and he won,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>There are speculations that Atiku may give his support to the former Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi and former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-rufai for the 2027 election.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has declared that he is uncertain about his 2027 presidential ambition. Atiku, who has contested for the presidency six times, made the remark in a yet-to-be-aired interview for a television show, Untold Stories, with Adesuwa Giwa-Osagie. 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