Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday maintained that he is still in the race for the presidential ticket of All Progressives Congress, APC, despite the import of the recent zoning of offices in the party.
Following the zoning of offices in the National Executive Committee of the APC by the national leaders of the party, a candidate from the North East zone, Alhaji Ibrahim Bala Gubi, was elected National Secretary of the party at the convention at the weekend.
A statement issued by the Atiku Media Office quoted the former Vice President as saying at no time did the party’s Convention Planning Committee or its recently-dissolved
Interim National Executive Council, NEC, discuss the issue of zoning of elective offices outside the positions of leadership of the party which he said, were filled at the highly successful convention held on Friday.
“As for the presidential ticket, the position of all organs of the party is that it is open to all Nigerians irrespective of where they come from.
“Atiku’s chances have never been better, given the climate of democracy and freedom in the APC” said the media office, which also disclosed that the former Vice President will at any moment from now be making a pronouncement on if, when and how he will be making a declaration.
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