Nigeria: No Waiver for Atiku Yet Declares PDP

14 August 2010

Abuja — Ahead of his formal declaration for the 2011 presidential election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the leadership of the PDP said yesterday that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has not been granted a waiver to contest the polls.

According to the party, there was no way the National Working Committee, NWC would recommend to the National Executive Committee, NEC of the party when Atiku's home state, Adamawa has not formally applied for a waiver .

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