The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, paid a visit to former President Muhammadu Buhari.
The former Vice president visited Buhari at his residence in Daura, Katsina State, on Saturday.
Atiku was accompanied by Senator Aminu Tambuwal and other PDP stakeholders.
The visit came days after the former Vice President also paid a similar visit to former Heads of State; Gen. Ibrahim Babaginda and Gen. Abdulsalam at their residences in Niger State on Wednesday, June 19.
Atiku’s visit has ignited speculation about widespread political moves ahead of the upcoming presidential election in 2027.
The New Diplomat reports that Atiku ran unsuccessfully for President of Nigeria six times, in 1993, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2023, respectively.
He ran in the Social Democratic Party presidential primaries in 1993 but lost to Moshood Abiola and Baba Gana Kingibe.
He was a presidential candidate of the Action Congress in the 2007 presidential election coming in third to late Umaru Yar’Adua of the PDP and Muhammadu Buhari of the ANPP.
He contested the presidential primaries of the People’s Democratic Party during the 2011 presidential election losing out to former President Goodluck Jonathan.
In 2014, he joined the All Progressives Congress(APC) ahead of the 2015 presidential election and contested the presidential primaries losing to Buhari.
In 2017, he returned to the PDP and was the party’s presidential candidate during the 2019 presidential election, again losing to Buhari.
In May 2022, he was chosen as the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate again, this time for the 2023 general election.
He came in second in the general election, having been defeated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
