Tobi Adebayo
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has emerged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s flagbearer for the 2023 presidential election.
Atiku won the primary which was held at the MKO Abiola National Stadium on Saturday with a total of 371 votes.
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike polled 237 vote while former Senate President, Bukola Saraki polled 70 votes.
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Abubakar born on Nov. 25, 1946 in Jada, Adamawa. He ran for governor of the state three times in 1990, 1997 and 1998, when he was elected before becoming the running mate to former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999, of which he remained the vice president till 2003.
Abubakar contested for the office of the president several times, including 2014, when he ran on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and lost at the primaries to incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari.
He also ran as the PDP presidential candidate in 2019, but lost President Buhari of APC.
