2027: Atiku faces tough hurdle in choice of running mate

With the African Democratic Congress, ADC, superior elections present over, attraction has shifted to who becomes the moving mate to the party’s statesmanlike candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

Atiku had picked the existent Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, statesmanlike candidate, Mr Peter Obi arsenic his moving mate successful 2019 and erstwhile politician of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa arsenic his moving mate successful the 2023 polls.

A fewer weeks ago, Atiku emerged arsenic the emblem bearer of the ADC aft polling the highest fig of votes successful the party’s superior election.

DAILY POST reports that he is said to beryllium reasoning towards the South-East, with names similar the Director General of the World Trade Organization, WTO, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and erstwhile Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha being mentioned.

Amid these speculations, the Director of Politics astatine Arise News, Sumner Sambo had said Okonjo-Iweala distanced herself from specified a move, stressing that she was unwilling to wantonness her existent station arsenic WTO DG for a Nigerian governmental contest.

Okonjo-Iweala assumed the presumption of the DG of WTO connected Marc...