Atiku Is Not Contesting 2027 Presidency

Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) nominee for president in 2023, has stated that he will not be stepping down from partisan politics just yet.

But he made a suggestion that it was time for him to stop running for public office and let the younger people take up the mantle.

The former vice president revealed the hint on Monday during a press conference where he addressed the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold President Bola Tinubu’s victory over the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate on February 25, 2023

In his speech on Monday, Atiku stated that while the fight to strengthen Nigeria’s political institutions and democracy will continue, it will now be led by the younger generation. On Thursday, October 26, the Supreme Court had rejected the appeal filed by Atiku and the PDP for lack of merit, and there are doubts about the PDP chieftain running in the 2027 elections, by which time he would be 81.

He said: “As for me and my party this phase of our work is done. However, I am not going away. For as long as I breathe I will continue to struggle, with other Nigerians, to deepen our democracy and rule of law and for the kind of political and economic restructuring the country needs to reach its true potential. That struggle should now be led by the younger generation of Nigerians who have even more at stake than my generation.”