2019 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: PETER OBI EMERGES ATIKU’S RUNNING MATE

October 13, 2018

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Joseph Omoniyi

Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has emerged as the running mate to the Peoples Democratic Party presidential, PDP candidate in the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar.

Obi was said to have emerged as the preferred choice of both the party and the candidate after series of consultations by stakeholders in the party and outside.

Reports gathered said that, Obi’s name and that of Atiku would be sent to the Independent National Electoral Commission next week.

Obi, Atiku and some chieftains of the party were reported to have met for several hours on Friday, where some names were considered before that of the former governor was said to have been finally picked.

Investigation by one of our correspondents showed that Atiku and the leadership of the party discussed the issue at a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Thursday.

A statement issued by the Director-General of the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Gbenga Daniel, in Abuja on Friday night, confirmed the nomination of Obi.

The statement read in part, “The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has chosen a former Chairman of Fidelity Bank PLC and former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, as his running mate for the 2019 presidential election.