A major setback has hit the presidential bid of ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that he is not yet a bonafide member of the party.
National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Prof Rufai Ahmed Alkali, told newsmen in Abuja yesterday that the necessary waivers that would qualify him to contest under the party’s platform had not been granted.
But Atiku, who is billed to formally declare his intention to seek the PDP ticket tomorrow, swiftly asserted his full membership of the party.
Officials of his campaign organisation said his planned declaration of intention to contest would still go ahead tomorrow.
