{"id":102900,"date":"2023-02-01T14:41:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T13:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=102900"},"modified":"2023-02-01T14:41:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T13:41:40","slug":"were-in-talks-i-may-work-with-peter-obi-kwankwaso-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/were-in-talks-i-may-work-with-peter-obi-kwankwaso-atiku\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re in talks, I may work with Peter Obi, Kwankwaso \u2013 Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Atiku Abubakar, has hinted on a possibility of working with the candidates of the New Nigerian People Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso and Labour Party\u2019s Peter Obi\u00a0 in the February 25 presidential election.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Atiku made this disclosure in a 15-minute interview with BBC Hausa service on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The PDP presidential flag bearer stated this after meeting with the duo to support his ambition in the forthcoming election.According to Atiku, both Obi and Kwankwaso are not a threat to his chances of winning at the February 25 poll.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said, \u201cAlthough, I see no threat in any of them but we are in talks, and the discussion might yield a positive result that will see one of them coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the lingering PDP crisis, Atiku said each party has its internal crisis and theirs will not be an exemption but they are looking to solve every difference in no distant time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Atiku said, \u201cEach party has its internal crisis, we are still talking with them. 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