Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has declared that he has not yet decided whether to run in the 2027 presidential election. Atiku stated this during an interview with Adesuwa Giwa-Osagie's upcoming television show, Untold Stories.
The former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has led the development of an opposition coalition aimed at unseating President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the next general election. However, speculation about who will lead the alliance continues, with former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi and ex-Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai among the prominent individuals under consideration. When asked about his possible candidate in 2027, Atiku replied, "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
Despite his uncertainties, Atiku, who has run for president six times before, has not ruled out running again. "I have never seen Nigeria in such desperate need of competent and credible leadership as it is today. We had a comparable merger in 2014. "About three or four of us ran for president, and we all supported the one who emerged and won," he said.