{"id":16038,"date":"2014-11-17T05:07:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T04:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/new\/?p=16038"},"modified":"2014-11-18T05:38:48","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T04:38:48","slug":"late-apc-pick-consensus-candidate-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/late-apc-pick-consensus-candidate-atiku\/","title":{"rendered":"Too late for APC to pick consensus candidate &#8211; Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and one of the presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, has stated that it is \u2018too late\u2019 for the party to adopt a consensus candidate for next year\u2019s presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Abubakar, who stated this while speaking to journalists in Bauchi on Sunday, said \u201cIt is too late for the party to think of holding a consensus forum for its presidential aspirants but rather, it should conduct a delegate conference where we will fight it out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to him, it is one of the tenets of best practices in democracy for candidates to be allowed to test their popularity.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on his relationship with former president Olusegun Obasanjo, Abubakar said they have a good relationship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn spite of my disagreement with Obasanjo on political ground, there is personal cordial relationship between us; I visited him last week at his Ota Farm,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku held a closed-door meeting with APC stakeholders in Bauchi as the party prepares for its primaries set to hold next month.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Us<\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_32x32_style addthis_default_style\"> <a class=\"addthis_button_facebook_follow\" addthis:userid=\"pages\/NewMailNG\/156576314503603\"><\/a> <a class=\"addthis_button_twitter_follow\" addthis:userid=\"NewMailNG\"><\/a> <\/div>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=ra-5328a5e30a5c9646\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and one of the presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, has stated that it is \u2018too late\u2019 for the party to adopt a consensus candidate for next year\u2019s presidential election. 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