FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that the
All Progressives Congress[APC] as presently constituted must hold an active party primary to choose its flag bearer for the
2015 presidential election. Atiku made this known in an interview with journalists in Abuja recently, in reaction to the clamour by the
General Muhammadu Buhari campaign team for an automatic ticket for the retired general. According to him,''
There is nothing like automatic ticket and those people who are asking for automatic ticket might have been coming from a political background that did not know contest before......'' He implored politicians not to be scared of a political contest because it helps to strengthen democracy,arguing that should he lose in a fair contest,he would support his party to win the elections.
Meanwhile,there is now a titanic battle among political heavy weights on who will eventually clinch the APC Presidential ticket.The leading contenders include
General Buhari, Chief Abubakar Atiku, Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha and Senator Bukola Saraki.
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