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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State have pulled out of a town hall meeting organized for all contestants ahead of the 2023 presidential elections.
The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) revealed this via a tweet on their verified Twitter page.
“Due to unavoidable conflicts, Alh. Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa of the People’s Democratic Party, will not be participating in The Candidates Presidential Town Hall Series,” the tweet read.
The presidential town hall series tagged ‘The Candidates,’ is organized by Daria Media in partnership with News Central, and the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), among others.
Recall that, Okowa had represented Atiku in one of the Presidential Town Hall meetings organized by Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) and chaired by Reuben Abati of Arise Television.
Peter Obi of the Labour Party, Rabiu Kwakwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) were in attendance.