Nigerian newspapers · 8 June 2020
Dad will run for President in 2023- Atiku’s son
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- "My father is a master politician"
Adamu Atiku-Abubakar, the son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has said his father will contest the presidency again in 2023.
Atiku’s son said this while presenting the scorecard of his ministry as the Commissioner for Works and Energy in Adamawa State as the administration of Governor Ahmadu Finitiri, of the Peoples’ Democratic Party clocked one year.
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He said, “Personally, I don’t see anything wrong with my father contesting for the presidency. In 2023, my father will be aspiring to the number one office in the land because he has been an astute, strategic, master politician for almost four decades.”
He added that Fintiri’s administration had surpassed the expectations of many in the state who were surprised that given the tight liquidity constraints, Fintiri could still meet most of its campaign promises to the electorate.”
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He said his coming late into politics was as a result of the advice from his father urging him to spend more time in the private sector to gain enough experience, which would be crucial for him in public life.
I am basically here to serve my people; if I am called by the people back home to run for the Senate, I don’t see anything wrong with that.”
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Recall that Babachir Lawal, a former Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), said the political career of Abubakar in Adamawa state is over. Lawal said this in an interview he granted Daily Sun newspaper, which was published on Sunday, February 2. According to Lawal, Atiku no longer has political relevance in his state.
"In Adamawa, however, I think his (Atiku's) political career has fatigued or it is over," he said. Babachir Lawal also denied being Atiku's friend. The former SGF said the two of them did not move in the same circles and besides, Atiku was older and bigger in the society than he is.