Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar yesterday continued his fence-mending with those he defeated to clinch the ticket at Saturday\u2019s convention.
\nHe was at the Abuja homes of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and former Senate President Bukola Saraki. The duo polled 237 and 70 votes respectively to trail Atiku\u2019s 371 votes at the convention.
\nDetails of his discussion with Wike and Saraki were however not made public.
\nAtiku had, in the company of party Chairman, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, visited Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal in his private residence in Abuja.
\nTambuwal withdrew from the presidential race at the convention ground and directed delegates wishing to cast their ballot for him, to do so for Atiku.<\/p>\n
But in a tweet on his official Twitter handle, Atiku said the visit was part of the rapprochement to bring all party stakeholders on board ahead of the presidential electioneering campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn continuation of my commitment to bring everyone on board in ensuring that the @OfficialPDPNig stands as one united party, earlier today, I visited His Excellency Governor Nyseom Wike at his Abuja residence. This is a continuous process,\u201d Atiku said.
\nAtiku\u2019s visits came on the heels of an assurance from the Chairman, PDP Board of Trustees (BoT), Senator Walid Jibrin, that the party would ensure the emergence of a credible running mate for Atiku from among the array of interested candidates from the South.
\nIn a statement yesterday, Jibrin described Atiku\u2019s emergence as a sign of success for the PDP.
\nJibrin said: \u201cThe BoT will assist the party and our presidential candidate to come out with an acceptable vice presidential candidate from the southern part of Nigeria.
\n\u201cAtiku\u2019s success at the recently concluded PDP primaries has opened a good way for all Nigerians come 2023.
\n\u201cWe must also remember Atiku\u2019s brilliant performance as vice president to Olusegun Obasanjo. He\u2019s not a tribalist, he\u2019s the best man for Nigeria\u2019s President.
\n\u201cMy advice as the PDP BoT chairman, is that we must come together as one entity and speak with one voice to make our party greater, not only in Nigeria but in Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar yesterday continued his fence-mending with those he defeated to clinch the ticket at Saturday\u2019s convention. He was at the Abuja homes of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and former Senate President Bukola Saraki. The duo polled 237 and 70 votes respectively to trail Atiku\u2019s 371 votes at…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n