{"id":236222,"date":"2025-10-03T10:22:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/the-more-the-merrier-atiku-welcomes-jonathan-to-2027-presidential-race\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T10:22:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:22:47","slug":"the-more-the-merrier-atiku-welcomes-jonathan-to-2027-presidential-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/the-more-the-merrier-atiku-welcomes-jonathan-to-2027-presidential-race\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe More, The Merrier\u201d \u2013 Atiku Welcomes Jonathan To 2027 Presidential Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<h2>Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, is unperturbed by reports that former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, is set to contest the 2027 presidency.<\/h2>\n<p>This position was made known by his media aide, <strong>Paul Ibe<\/strong>, while reacting to speculations that Jonathan might contest the 2027 presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with Trust TV, Ibe said <strong>Atiku<\/strong> would welcome the competition, noting that everyone reserves the right to test his\/her popularity with Nigerians at the polls.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3 ai-track\" data-ai=\"WzMsMCwiSXNhYWMiLCIiLDRd\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<a rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myafrilearn.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1040405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naijanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-26-at-04.47.19.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><em>\u201cAs a democrat, Atiku\u2019s policy is the more the merrier. Everyone should go to the field and test their popularity. These narratives and shenanigans are the handiwork of the <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/tinubu\">Tinubu <\/a>administration, which knows how difficult re-election will be given its record. Their policies only work for the urban bandits<\/em>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking further, <strong>Abia Radio News<\/strong> reports that Ibe described Atiku as a very tolerant person, who is passionate about Nigeria and respects the people.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWho can be more broad-minded than Atiku Abubakar? He is an open book. He\u2019s very tolerant, very passionate about Nigeria. He respects people, loves bright minds, and during the Obasanjo era, he brought some of the best talents into government,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 --><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><span class=\"copyright\"><strong>\u00a9 2025 Abia Radio News, a division of Polance Media Inc. 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Speaking in an interview with Trust TV, Ibe said Atiku [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":236223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[1464,439,594],"class_list":["post-236222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-2027-presidency","tag-atiku-abubakar","tag-goodluck-jonathan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jonathan-and-Atiku-4.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}