By Abimbola Ogunnaike
Four days to the commencement of the 2023 elections, the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said he’s not desperate to be Nigeria’s president.
Atiku said contrary to what some people are saying, he was contesting for the presidency to make Nigeria a better place.
The PDP Presidential Candidate stated this in Abuja when the Council of National Students’ Presidents of Nigeria, endorsed him as their Presidential Candidate, ahead of Saturday, 25 February, 2023 election.
Represented by a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Yakubu Dogara, Atiku said: “I’m not desperate for office. I’m running to change things. Under my watch, so many things will change. I’ve made a covenant with the Nigerian people.
“We need to appreciate President Muhammadu Buhari for insisting elections must be free and fair. We need to appreciate that move.”
Atiku has been running for the Presidency since 1993 when he stepped down for the late Moshood Kashimawo Olawale(MKO) Abiola.
In 1999, former President Olusegun Obasanjo picked him as his Vice, and they ruled for eight years.
