The supreme court has dismissed the appeal filed by Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), against President Muhammadu Buhari's election victory.The apex court dismissed the appeal on Wednesday after hearing Atiku's suit against Buhari’s victory at the presidential election petition tribunal.A seven-man panel of the court held that the reasons for the judgement would be given [...]
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Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he is seeking judicial remedy in his challenge of President Muhammadu Buhari's victory to ensure that the votes of Nigerians ''can count and are counted''.Abubakar said this on Friday in his message of gratitude to Nigerians for their support all through his political journey.In his first official statement since [...]
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Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says if care is not taken, the entire Nigerian population will fall into poverty.Reacting to a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report on 98 million Nigerians living in multidimensional poverty, Atiku said even Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man, has been touched by the "wave of poverty sweeping through the country".The former vice-president accused those [...]
Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, says the presidency finds as "ridiculous", the reaction of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to the supreme court ruling upholding Gbenga Oyetola as Osun governor.After a long legal battle between Oyetola, the All Progressives Candidate (APC) and Ademola Adeleke, his PDP counterpart, the apex court on Friday held that Oyetola remains [...]
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is currently in Dubai with some of his associates.Timi Frank, a former deputy spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is among those with Atiku.Reno Omokri, a former aide of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, tweeted pictures of Atiku's visit to the oil-rich city.The last time Atiku was seen publicly in Dubai [...]
Peter Obi, vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must produce the server used during the general election.The commission has denied using server for the elections, explaining that it was used during Anambra and Osun governorship elections in 2018.At a programme in Osun state on Monday, Solomon Soyebi, an INEC national commissioner, [...]
A screenshot of a purported story of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on the watch list of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is making waves online.According to the story said to have appeared on Gulf News, one of the biggest English newspapers in Middle East, UAE security operatives are keeping a close tab on the [...]
Gbenga Daniel, former director-general of the Atiku Campaign Organisation, says he will never abandon the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate.Daniel, two-term governor of Ogun state, had resigned his membership of the PDP on Saturday and announced that he was quitting partisan politics.After the announcement, Daniel said his supporters were urging him to lead them to the All Progressives Congress (APC).Commenting on [...]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to stop "gloating" as Atiku Abubakar, its candidate in the presidential election, will soon reclaim his "stolen mandate" at the tribunal.The party was reacting to Buhari's statement that the PDP still had questions to answer on how it spent the huge resources that accrued to the country from oil sales [...]
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has inaugurated a legal team to challenge the outcome of the February 23 presidential poll in court.Paul Ibe, his media adviser, revealed this in a statement on Saturday.The legal team is headed by Livy Uzoukwu, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN).President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated [...]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says Atiku Abubakar, its presidential candidate in the recently concluded poll, is not making any demands from President Muhammadu Buhari.Abubakar had rejected the outcome of the election, saying he would challenge it in court.Subsequently, the National Peace Committee chaired by Abdulsalami Abubakar, after meeting with Atiku, said he made his grievances known and they had [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has defeated Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, in the 2019 presidential election.The election which was keenly contested saw Buhari poll 15,191,847 votes while Atiku got 11,262,978 votes.Below are infographics of state by state result.[...]
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has returned to Abuja after casting his vote in Yola, Adamawa state.Although he lost his polling unit to President Muhammadu Buhari, Atiku defeated Buhari at Aso Rock.While Atiku got 1,030 votes, Buhari trailed with 1,013 votes.Below are pictures of Atiku arriving the airport in Abuja:[...]
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he felt proud that an incumbent president was voted out by just the use of permanent voter card (PVC).President Muhammadu Buhari defeated ex-President Goodluck Jonathan who sought reelection in 2015.In a broadcast on Thursday, Atiku said Nigerians have the opportunity to repeat history during the presidential election rescheduled for February [...]
Let me tell you a few short stories: In 2015, shortly after President Muhammadu Buhari won the general election, he got two important goodwill messages; one from Tunde Bakare, the other from Femi Adesina. Both men had independently followed General Muhammadu Buhari for many years, and believed in his ability to change Nigeria. This was why Adesina, a revered journalist [...]
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