Olusola Fabiyi, Adelani Adepegba and Tony OkaforA former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, was on Friday, in Abuja, chosen as the running mate to the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate in the 2019 election, Atiku Abubakar. A statement issued by the Director-General of the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Gbenga Daniel, in Abuja on Friday night, confirmed the nomination of Obi. “Peter Obi is an astute professional who has laid his footprints across the corporate world. He said, “Our strongest issue is restructuring of Nigeria and Peter Obi is from a zone that has signed on with us on restructuring. Atiku has made the right choice in picking Obi as his running mate.

Source: Punch October 12, 2018 23:14 UTC