{"id":76564,"date":"2022-11-18T16:39:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T15:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2023-presidency-atiku-okowa-meet-ex-president-jonathan"},"modified":"2022-11-18T17:57:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T16:57:17","slug":"2023-presidency-atiku-okowa-meet-ex-president-jonathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2023-presidency-atiku-okowa-meet-ex-president-jonathan","title":{"rendered":"2023 presidency: Atiku, Okowa meet ex-president, Jonathan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa on Thursday night met with former President, Goodluck Jonathan.<\/p>\n<p>Okowa, who is also the Delta State Governor, made this known in a post on his verified social media handles on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>While sharing photos from the event, Okowa said the discussion with Jonathan was centered on how to recover power from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, via the 2023 elections.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote, \u201cLast night, alongside our Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, we had a great meeting with our former President, H.E. 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