Atiku was part of decision for rotational presidency — Nigerian govt

The Federal Government says the African Democratic Congress, ADC, statesmanlike candidate, Atiku Abubakar, was among the governmental leaders who agreed to the adoption of rotational presidency successful Nigeria pursuing the annulment of the June 12, 1993, statesmanlike election.

Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, made this known connected Tuesday astatine a World Press Conference held successful Abuja arsenic portion of activities marking Nigeria’s 27th Democracy Day Anniversary.

Akume described the statement arsenic a pugnacious but indispensable determination to sphere nationalist unity.

Akume’s Media and Publicity Adviser, Yomi Odunuga, successful a statement, said the SGF recalled that leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP met successful Kaduna nether the enactment of the precocious Chief Solomon Lar and Alhaji Adamu Ciroma to deliberate connected the mode guardant aft the annulment, with powerfulness displacement and the party’s statesmanlike candidature featuring prominently connected the agenda.

“It was a pugnacious statement earlier the contented of rotational presidency was agreed on. At the end, we had to concede. We indispensable bash this. June 12 annulment had compl...