Those who are on the run or out of the country include Joshua Dariye (Plateau State) who was once thrown out of Government House by Obasanjo arrested in London then impeached at home; Boni Haruna (Adamawa) a political godson of outgoing Vice-President Atiku Abubakar (now in the USA); Chimaroke Nnamani (Enugu) and Saminu Turaki (Jigawa)...
Kingibe blocked the nomination of Shehu Yar'Adua's then protégé Atiku Abubakar as running mate in 1992-93...
6 mn; and Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and the Action Congress 2...
CRACKS IN THE GRANITE Estranged Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and his Action Congress (AC) control a swing vote according to the US poll analysis...
The new Action Congress (AC) has developed beyond its role as a vehicle for Vice-President Atiku Abubakar after his split with the PDP...
Vice-President Atiku Abubakar insists that he remains a candidate in April's presidential elections despite what he describes as 'every effort to destroy' him...
If Atiku Abubakar has been correctly indicted for embezzlement he is not eligible to stand as a candidate in April's presidential elections...
Buhari has the backing of five other smaller parties including Vice-President Atiku Abubakar's Action Congress...
Atiku Abubakar embattled Vice-President and standard-bearer of the Action Congress was his political protégé and business partner...
The three main parties all have their candidates with Vice-President Atiku Abubakar the last to take a running mate in the shape of former Anambra State Deputy Governor Okechukwu Ude...
Vol 48 No 1 |
- WEST AFRICA
Yet the key focus will be on the presidency with three leading contenders: from Katsina in the far north Umaru Yar’Adua who stands for the governing People’s Democratic Party; Muhammadu Buhari for the All Nigeria People’s Party; Atiku Abubakar President Olusegun Obasanjo’s estranged deputy and like his rivals a Muslim northerner picked up the Action Congress nomination in late December...