Buhari sends Atiku to Zuma to lobby for Adesina for AfDB presidency

The President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari has sent former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to lobby for the candidacy of the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwumi Adesina as President of the African Development Bank (AfDB).

According to statement issued by Malam Garba Shehu, Atiku Media Officer in Abuja on Saturday said Atiku’s shuttle diplomacy to drum support for the Nigerian candidate followed a mandate from the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari .

Buhari asked Atiku to leverage on his contacts to lobby for the emergence of Adesina.
Buhari, who backs the candidacy of Adesina, had last month conveyed his support to the President of Ghana, John

Days To Election: PDP national chairman, Mu'azu flees to Dubai?

Strong indications emerged Friday that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Ahmed Adamu Mu’azu has fled the country to Dubai and may remain in self exile until after the presidential election.

Sources in the intelligence and security circles revealed that the embattled chairman  had become increasingly disenchanted with the abusive  manner the Presidential Campaign of Goodluck Jonathan is being prosecuted and the seeming failure to rein in some of the