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**As his nationwide consultations gather speed*
Former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) frontline
presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday visited Ekiti State for a
strategic review meeting with Governor Ayodele Fayose where he also rallied
support for Prof. Kolapo Olusola, the PDP governorship candidate in the
State in the July 14 Governorship election.
A statement from the office of the Director General, Atiku Presidential
Campaign Organisation (APCO), Otunba Gbenga Daniel, also disclosed that the
campaign team will be in Yenogoa, Bayelsa State capital on Tuesday in
continuation of Atiku’s nationwide consideration with Governor Seriake
Dickson and other chieftains of the party in the State.
Later, Atiku Abubakar will be in Rivers State on a two-day visit between
Wednesday and Thursday where the former Vice President is expected to
commission some projects executed by Governor Nyesom Wike in the State. The
team will also pay courtesy calls on some major stakeholders in the PDP in
Rivers State.
The team will thereafter proceed to Lagos and Delta States on Sunday, 24th
and Tuesday, 26th of June respectively where the presidential hopeful will
hold consultative talks with leaders and chieftains of the party in both
states.
It will be recalled that Atiku had earlier visited Ekiti, Rivers, Akwa Ibom
and Cross River States meeting with the respective governors of the States
before taking a break to observe the Ramadan fast that took him to Saudi
Arabia to perform the lesser hajj.
Other PDP states lined up for subsequent visits of the PDP presidential
aspirant include Abia, Enugu, Ebonyi, Gombe and Taraba.