A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Osita Okechukwu, has called on African Democratic Congress presidential candidate and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race and embrace the role of a statesman.
Okechukwu stated that his decision to contest the 2023 presidential election against the Peoples Democratic Party’s zoning arrangement weakened both the opposition and Nigeria’s democracy.
Okechukwu made the appeal while speaking on Prime Time on Arise Television on Monday.
According to him, Atiku’s emergence as the PDP presidential candidate in 2022, despite calls for the party to zone its ticket to the South, triggered a crisis that continues to affect the party.
Expressing admiration for the former vice president, Okechukwu urged him to put national interest above personal ambition.
