Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has dismissed insinuations that he is desperate to become Nigeria’s president in 2019.
Atiku said that despite claims by his critics that he was bent on becoming president, he was qualified to contest the presidential election and that he has the right ideas to address the challenges affecting the country.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant said this on Tuesday when he visited the Edo State PDP chapter in Benin City to solicit support ahead of the party’s primary in September.
“What do you expect my critics to say? And there is nothing wrong in entering the race. I can run as many times as possible.
“I am fit and qualified. I still have ideas that I believe are going to put this country on the right path. So, what is wrong in running?
“I am not desperate. If I were desperate, I would have taken the Presidency in 2003.
“If I were desperate, I would not have stepped down for (late Moshood) Abiola.
“I am not desperate,” he said
Atiku visited Benin with members of the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organization (APCO) as part of his presidential consultation tour of Edo State.
