Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has declared that he will continue to play politics for as long as he lives.
Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, stated this recently while answering questions on BBC Hausa service political programme.
He said: “If anyone thinks we will sit behind and continue to watch how Nigerians are suffering and are being oppressed, then I think that person is dreaming. Because I am not tired of of politics at all and will never be.
“You should wait and see in 2027 whether I will contest or not.
“We struggled for the establishment of this democratic system and will continue to ensure it is sustained. Therefore, we will not sit back and watch things going the wrong way,” he said.
Atiku Abubakar has been in political limelight since 1989 and was one of the close associates of late General Shehu Yar’Adua.
He has been in several political parties in Nigeria since he joined politics.
He was elected the Governor of Adamawa State in 1998 but later became the running mate of President Olusegun Obasanjo, and emergedme the Vice President.
The 2023 election was his third time of giving a shot at the presidency.
In 2007, he was the presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (CAN) but was defeated by Umar Musa Yar’Adua (now deceased) of PDP.
More so, in 2019 he lost election to former President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC and under the PDP again, he lost the presidential contest in 2023 to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
