Minister of State for Labour and Employment and senior lawyer Festus Keyamo (SAN) has jokingly congratulated Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for emerging the People’s Democratic Party flagbearer on Saturday in Abuja.
Keyamo who described Atiku as a familair customer welcomes him to the presidential race ahead of the 2023 general elections.
The senior lawyer made this remark via his verified Twitter page shortly after Atiku’s emergence as Flagbearer at the convention in Abuja.
Keyamo wrote: “Congratulations to Atiku on his emergence as the candidate of @OfficialPDPNig for the 2023 Presidential election.
“Unlike in 2019, we face different permutations and different circumstances for the general elections this time around. We welcome this familiar ‘customer’ to the race.”
TheNewsGuru.com reports that Atiku polled a total of 371 votes to defeat his closest rival, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State who garnered 237 votes.
While Bukola Saraki finished a distant 3rd with 70 votes , Udom Emmanuel- 38, Bala Mohammed -20, Pius Anyim- 14, Sam Ohabunwa -1, and Olivia Tariela- 1.