{"id":82811,"date":"2023-02-18T16:39:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T15:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2023-five-presidential-candidates-endorse-atiku-ahead-of-election"},"modified":"2023-02-18T17:50:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T16:50:38","slug":"2023-five-presidential-candidates-endorse-atiku-ahead-of-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-five-presidential-candidates-endorse-atiku-ahead-of-election","title":{"rendered":"2023: Five presidential candidates endorse Atiku ahead of election"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Barely eight days to the 2023 elections, five presidential candidates have endorsed their counterpart from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar.<\/p>\n

The presidential candidates endorsed Atiku during his campaign in Yola, Adamawa State, on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Former Kogi West Senator and spokesman of the Atiku-Okowa presidential campaign, Dino Melaye, had announced the endorsement.<\/p>\n

Speaking on behalf of the presidential candidates, the National Chairman of Allied People Movement, APM, Yusuf Dantalle, the parties decided to endorse Atiku after extensive consultation.<\/p>\n

According to Dantalle: \u201cI\u2019m speaking on behalf of the five political parties that have decided to throw their weight behind the presidential ticket of Atiku-Okowa<\/p>\n

\u201cHistory is being made to rebuild our nation, it\u2019s time to chart a new course for our nation\u2019s advancement. It\u2019s time to return power to the people, it\u2019s time to set aside partisan politics and unite.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time for a compassionate leadership, it\u2019s time to end the sufferings of our people, it\u2019s time to run a participatory democracy. It\u2019s time to set aside partisan politics and join hands to make Nigeria great again.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo further the cause of good governance in Nigeria, we the leaders of the five political parties in Nigeria namely, APM, AA, APB, ABC, and NPM, after extensive deliberations and consultations with relevant stakeholders have decided to endorse Atiku-Okowa ticket for the presidential election.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are of the firm view that the Atiku-Okowa ticket is the best for our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Barely eight days to the 2023 elections, five presidential candidates have endorsed their counterpart from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar. The presidential candidates endorsed Atiku during his campaign in Yola, Adamawa State, on Saturday. Former Kogi West Senator and spokesman of the Atiku-Okowa presidential campaign, Dino Melaye, had announced the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":82810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1571,1570,2140,316,254],"class_list":["post-82811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-1571","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-atiku","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\n2023: Five presidential candidates endorse Atiku ahead of election - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Barely eight days to the 2023 elections, five presidential candidates have endorsed their counterpart from the Peoples D ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-five-presidential-candidates-endorse-atiku-ahead-of-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2023: Five presidential candidates endorse Atiku ahead of election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Barely eight days to the 2023 elections, five presidential candidates have endorsed their counterpart from the Peoples D ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-five-presidential-candidates-endorse-atiku-ahead-of-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-18T15:39:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-18T16:50:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1676725780.31.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1050\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1050\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-five-presidential-candidates-endorse-atiku-ahead-of-election#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-five-presidential-candidates-endorse-atiku-ahead-of-election\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"2023: Five presidential candidates endorse Atiku ahead of election\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-18T15:39:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-18T16:50:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-five-presidential-candidates-endorse-atiku-ahead-of-election\"},\"wordCount\":265,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-five-presidential-candidates-endorse-atiku-ahead-of-election#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1676725780.31.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2023\",\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Atiku\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-five-presidential-candidates-endorse-atiku-ahead-of-election#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-five-presidential-candidates-endorse-atiku-ahead-of-election\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-five-presidential-candidates-endorse-atiku-ahead-of-election\",\"name\":\"2023: Five presidential candidates endorse Atiku ahead of election - 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