AHEAD of All Progressives Congress, APC, primary election to elect its flag bearer for the 2015 presidential election, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says he is still in the race, just as he disclosed that he would soon declare his interest to run for the most exalted position in the land.
Atiku, who noted that no one has zoned him out of the contest, however alleged that the Presidency was coming up with what he termed false reports designed to frustrate him from offering his services to Nigerians. According to him President Goodluck Jonathan was scared of him being his main opponent in 2015 on the platform of the APC.
In a statement from his media office yesterday, the 2011 presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and now a chieftain of the APC described as sponsored stories that with a new arrangement in his party, he had been zoned out of the presidential contest.
The former Vice President said, “ At no time did the party’s Convention Planning Committee or its recently-dissolved Interim National Executive Council, NEC, discuss the issue of zoning of elective offices outside the positions of leadership of the party which were filled at the highly successful convention held on Friday.
”As for the presidential ticket, the position of all organs of the party is that it is open to all Nigerians irrespective of where they come from.”
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