Atiku Travels To Europe For Business, Denies Medical Trip

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar will on Friday afternoon jet out of the country to Europe on a business trip.

Naija News reports that this was made known in a statement on Friday by the Media Adviser to Atiku Abubakar, Paul Ibe.

According to the statement, Atiku will be travelling immediately after his meeting on Friday in Lagos, with the leadership of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) alongside the PDP vice presidential candidate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta.

“Today’s trip is in continuation of an earlier business trip of 3 weeks ago.

“At the conclusion of his European trip, the former Vice President will also use the opportunity to visit his family in Dubai.

“His trip is for business and family purposes and has nothing to do with medicals as being insinuated in some quarters,” the statement reads.

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This is coming hours after the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal was appointed as the Director General for the National Campaign Management Committee (NCMC) by the PDP and Atiku Abubakar.

PDP appointed a former governor of Cross Rivers State, Liyel Imoke as Deputy Director of General Operations while Professor Adewale Oladipu was appointed as Deputy Director of Administration.

Raymond Dokpesi was appointed by the party as the Deputy Director of Technical and Systems, while Ekwesilieze Nwodo is appointed as Deputy Director of Research and Strategy of the NCMC.

The National Organising Secretary of the party, Umaru Bature announced the development in a statement released on Thursday.

According to Bature, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel was appointed as the Chairman of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) while the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed was appointed as the Vice Chairman, North.