Anambra State governor, Chukwuma Soludo of has described Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as one of the two leading candidates for next year’s presidential election.
He made the comment at the Governor’s Lodge in Awka, Anambra State on Thursday when Atiku visited him before attending a campaign rally ahead of the polls.
“You are one of the two frontrunners for the presidency of Nigeria,” the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said.
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Soludo had a few weeks back said there are only two contenders for the presidency and described others as “exciting drama!”
“The brutal truth (and some will say, God forbid) is that there are two persons/parties seriously contesting for president: the rest is exciting drama!” he wrote in a lengthy November article.
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While welcoming Atiku to the state, Governor Soludo added that “Nigeria is one great country that, as far as I am concerned, is destined by God to be the largest, most prosperous, and powerful black nation on earth.”
He also said the state is open to receiving all candidates who should sell themselves to the residents of the South-East state.
Anambra should be an open space for all to come and tell the people what they have in stock for them as the 2023 election draw closer, Soludo added.
