Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has put an end to speculation that he might not run in the 2027 presidential election, confirming that he will contest the nation’s top job.
Atiku’s decision was made public through his long-time associate and spokesperson, Tunde Olusunle, in an interview with Thisday.
The confirmation followed a report by Professor Ola Olateju of Achievers University, who had suggested that Atiku was more focused on improving Nigeria than on the presidency itself.
Atiku distanced himself from the comments, stating that Olateju’s remarks were unauthorized.
He was quoted as saying, “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 confirmed his intention to run, stating, “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 criticized what he called the unprecedented “theft” under the current administration and the urgent need to “rescue” the country from its leaders.
Olusunle quoted Atiku as saying, “The accompanying deceit, the loss of values, the mega-scale, unimpeded thievery and the absolute lack of accountability must disturb every concerned patriot. I will be offering myself to lead the reclamation and reconstruction of our traumatised homeland.”
Atiku also assured his supporters that the coalition would “shock the world” in the next presidential election, despite efforts by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to ridicule it.
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