Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, says he prefers Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate because he can “deliver”.
Atiku who was speaking in an exclusive interview on Arise TV, said he did not reject Mr. Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers State but only preferred Okowa.
“I didn’t reject Wike, I picked who can deliver. Going by history, I had picked an Igbo as running mate in 2007, in 2019. I still picked an Igbo for 2023.
“The committee that presented them was chaired the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom. They recommended three people, so I picked one. People should be fair to me and state the facts.”