Atiku set to declare for APC presidential ticket

Indications that Atiku would join the race for the party’s ticket emerged in June during APC”s na­tional convention at Eagles Square when he told del­egates and his supporters that he would soon “lead the vanguard of unseating the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led govern­ment of President Good­luck Jonathan.”
Recall that the former vice president was the presidential candidate of the defunct Action Con­gress of Nigeria in the 2007 presidential election won by the late president Umaru Yar’Adua.
He returned to PDP in 2010 and lost the presi­dential ticket for the 2011 presidential election to the incumbent President, Dr. Jonathan.
Further checks by Daily Sun revealed that former presidential can­didate of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), General Muhammadu Buhari and Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, were also contenders for the ticket of the main opposi­tion party in the country.
Daily Sun source fur­ther revealed that before his formal declaration of interest, the former vice president would embark on a nationwide tour to meet with religious lead­ers.
“The former vice president and his newly formed team will be in­terfacing with diverse religious and professional bodies nationally and in­ternationally. His mission is to gauge the pulse of the people on the many troubles bedevilling the country with the aim of finding genuine and last­ing solutions to them.
“To be called Atiku’s Peace Tour, the objec­tive is to take messages of peaceful co-existence, true nationalism and an end to religious fanati­cism and extremism that breed rebellion and an­archy.
“Uppermost on the Turaki’s mind, this time around, is the need to fos­ter a harmonious work­ing relationship between Christians, Muslims and traditional believers to have all hands on deck to rebuild our fatherland, Nigeria,” the source said.