Atiku to declare presidential ambition September 24

Barring any last minute change of mind, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar will, on September 24, formally declare his intention to contest the 2015 presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The party will commence the process of picking its presidential flag bearer through direct modified primaries in October. The presidential election holds on February 14.

According to a news agency, Abubakar’s decision to signify his intention to seek election to the nation’s highest political office was reached at a meeting by his aides on Monday in Yola, the Adamawa State capital.

Details of the meeting are still sketchy because the politician was in Imo State on Monday to chair a lecture organised by the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF).