2027 election: I don’t know if I will run for presidency

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has stated that he is unsure about contesting for the presidency in 2027.

Atiku, who has run for president six times, made the remark during a yet-to-be-aired interview on “Untold Stories” with Adesuwa Giwa-Osagie.

His statement comes just days after he announced the formation of a coalition of opposition leaders aimed at challenging the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Tinubu’s administration in the next election cycle.

When asked if he would run for the presidency in the next election, Atiku said, “I don’t know because there has to be, first of all, a viable platform, more than any other time in the political history of this country, particularly since the return of democracy.”

The former VP, however, did not rule out the possibility of contesting in the 2027 election, stating the need for Nigeria to have a competent leader.

“I have not seen Nigeria in dire need of, you know, an experienced and credible leadership than this time.

“We had a similar, you know, what would I say, merger in 2014. About four of us or is it three? We all ran for president and one of us emerged, and we all supported the one who emerged, and he won,” he said.

There are speculations that Atiku may give his support to the former Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi and former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-rufai for the 2027 election.