{"id":60443,"date":"2017-12-11T21:25:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T20:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=60443"},"modified":"2017-12-11T21:25:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T20:25:29","slug":"2019-atiku-meets-babangida-in-minna-seeks-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2019-atiku-meets-babangida-in-minna-seeks-support\/","title":{"rendered":"2019: Atiku Meets Babangida In Minna, Seeks Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minna \u2013 Atiku Abubakar was in Minna,\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1796500781\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Thursday<\/span><\/span>, on what the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) described as \u2018a purely private visit.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Atiku Abubakar, the former All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain who recently defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came into Minna in his private aircraft, T 7 AAA, at about\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1796500782\"><span class=\"aQJ\">12.15 p.m.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>He was received at the Minna International Airport by Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Ketso, the Niger State Deputy Governor, and a team of PDP leaders in the state, among them former governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu.<\/p>\n<p>Others were state chairman of the party, Alhaji Tanko Beji; his deputy, Alhaji Aminu Yussuf; Senator Shem Zagbayi Nuhu, and the secretary of the party in the state, Alhaji Umar Santali.<\/p>\n<p>From the airport, the former vice president drove straight to the Minna uphill residence of former military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku, soon after formalities, went into a closed-door meeting with Gen. Babangida with only Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu, allowed to be part of the meeting which started at about\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1796500783\"><span class=\"aQJ\">12.45 p.m.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The state deputy governor, an APC member who was present, also left the IBB residence when the meeting between the trio-started.<\/p>\n<p>Some\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1796500784\"><span class=\"aQJ\">45 minutes later<\/span><\/span>, Aliyu left the meeting, leaving only the visitor and his host in the sitting room.<\/p>\n<p>The private meeting between IBB and Atiku lasted 1 hour 45 minutes, after which he left for Abuja through the Minna Airport, declining to speak to the press.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku Abubakar may declare his presidential ambition after the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) taking place in Abuja on\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1796500785\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Saturday, December 9<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>A source close to the campaign organisation of the former vice president said in Minna, Niger State,\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1796500786\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Thursday<\/span><\/span>, said: \u201call arrangements for the declaration have been completed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cAtiku will declare to run for president on the ticket of the PDP after the convention of our party.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minna \u2013 Atiku Abubakar was in Minna,\u00a0on Thursday, on what the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) described as \u2018a purely private visit.\u2019 Atiku Abubakar, the former All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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