I would have become the president of Nigeria in 1993 if I did not step down for the late Moshood Abiola if I was desperate to become the president of Nigeria.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar made this declaration on Tuesday in Benin.
Atiku who spoke with journalist said he had the interest of the country at heart and not desperate to become president.
He said he had the right to contest election as many times as he could but that did not mean that he was desperate.
He said however that he would not leave the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in case he did not win the presidential ticket.
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“What do you expect my critics to say. I can run as many times as I want. I am fit and qualified and I still have ideas to put this country on the right path. What is wrong in trying again and again?
“I am not desperate to become President. If I were desperate, I would have taken the presidency in 2003. If I were desperate, I would not have stepped down for Abiola. I have the interest of this country.”
In Atiku’s company was the Director General of his campaign organisation, Otunba Gbenga Daniel.
He was in Benin as part of his campaign to win the PDP presidential ticket.
