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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has announced that he will begin a consultation and familiarization tour across Nigeria beginning from July 16, 2018 ahead of the presidential primaries of the PDP.
The tour will begin with a scheduled visit to Gombe State on Monday then proceed to Borno State on Tuesday, Taraba on Wednesday and Adamawa on Thursday.
This was made known in a statement by the Director-General of the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organization and former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel.
The statement disclosed that Atiku will commence the South West visitation on Monday, July 30 in Lagos, while that of North East will start from Jigawa on August 6th with North West, South East and North Central scheduled for August 7th, August 13th and August 15th respectively.
An official reception in respect of his presidential ambition has been slated for Saturday July 21st in Yola by the Adamawa State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, tagged “Mega Rally”
Others seeking the PDP ticket are former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido; Governor of Gombe State, Ibrahim Dankwambo; former Governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa; former Governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Markafi; former Minister of Special Duties, Tanimu Turaki; former Governors of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau and Rabiu Musa Kwakwanso.