Nigeria's former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has
said that he won't stop trying to be President.
According to THE SUN, addressing newsmen in
Abuja on Tuesday, Atiku said, that to abandon the
presidential race in the country would amount to a
loss of hope in the redemption of the nation.
"How can I be discouraged? You are just asking me
to give up on Nigeria. I don’t have any other place
to go.”
"So, why should I give up on Nigeria? That is what
you are asking me to do. I won’t give up until I can
no longer have the capacity, the strength. I cannot
give up on Nigeria. Speaking on the issue of
automatic ticket for aspirants, Atiku said,
"Those canvassing automatic ticket are scared of
contest. There is nothing like that in a democratic
setting. It is not going to be possible. There is
nothing like automatic ticket. Those saying that
might have been coming from a political
background that does not know contest.
"The APC as presently constituted cannot escape
contest. There is no zoning, no allocation of offices.
So, on what basis are we having automatic ticket?"
Other than Atiku, former presidential candidate of
the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC),
General Muhammadu Buhari and the Governor of
Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso are expected to vie for
the APC Presidential ticket.
