Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Saturday evening returned to Nigeria from the United States of America (USA).
Recall that Atiku Thursday evening shocked Nigerians when he landed in the US despite initial speculations that the story was false.
While in the US, the former vice president shared his plan to get Nigeria working again with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in a round table discussion. He also had a town hall meeting with PDP members in D.C Metropolis.
Meanwhile, the PDP presidential hopeful has said hewill only participate in the presidential debate slated for today if President Muhammadu Buhari attends.
One of the spokesperson of the Atiku Campaign Organisation, Kassim Afegbua who confirmed the development on Saturday said “If Buhari is not attending, he (Atiku) is not going to attend because that is the real debate”.
Atiku is perceived as the main challenger of the ruling All Progressives’ President Buhari in next month’s presidential polls.
President Buhari and Atiku are among five presidential candidates expected to sell themselves to Nigerians during the presidential debate organised by the Nigerian Election Debate Group and the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria ahead of the general elections.
The debate will start at 7pm at the Congress Hall of the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.
Apart from the duo, other candidates shortlisted for the debate are those of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Oby Ezekwesili; Alliance for New Nigeria, Fela Durotoye; and the Young Progressives Party, Kingsley Moghalu.
The running mates of the candidates all participated in their own debate held last month.
The Presidency is yet to confirm if President Buhari will attend the debate.
