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November 13, 2006
I will contest in 2007, Atiku vows
IN spite of the lingering face-off between him and President Olusegun Obasanjo, Vice President Atiku Abubakar vowed at the weekend that he would contest the presidential election in 2007.
BOLA BADMUS, Abuja - 13.11.2006
Abubakar made the vow when he received a delegation of political stakeholders from Gombe State led by former deputy governor of the state, Mr. Joshua Lidani, at his residence in Abuja.
The group had come on a solidarity visit and also to call on the vice president not to relent in his efforts to seek the office of president in 2007.
Reports monitored on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) network quoted Abubakar as saying that he would reveal his presidential plans before the end of the year, just as he said he wanted to serve the people of Nigeria for the rest of his life.
“I have the constitutional right to contest for the position of the president and when the time comes, I will inform everyone of my desire to do so,” the vice-president said in a statement issued by his Chief Information Officer, Stephen Nelson.
Speaking on the ongoing registration of voters, Vice President Abubakar urged the delegation to educate the people to participate fully in the exercise.
pointing out that that was the only way they could help choose a leader of their choice and ensure a peaceful change in the polity come 2007.
“Democracy remains the only means that guarantees the freedom of choice for us,” he added.
Posted by Publisher at November 13, 2006 02:02 PM
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