By Yugo's Hub Blog

Atiku Abubakar was born on November 25, 1946 in a village known as Jada, in Adamawa State, Nigeria. He was named after his paternal grandfather, Atiku Abdulkadir as it was the wont, then, of the Fulani people to name their first sons after their paternal grandfathers. His father’s name was Garba Atiku Abdulkadir and his mother’s name Aisha Kande. Atiku Abubakar is the only child of his parents.
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EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION
Being a devout Muslim and a disciplinarian, Atiku’s father was averse to western education, which he believed came with a baggage of laxity and immorality that could corrupt the impressionable minds of children. Atiku’s father wanted his son to be an Islamic scholar, an authority on Islamic theology who would be presiding over a madrassa. Garba Atiku wanted his only child to become a deep and inexhaustible well of Islamic knowledge that would always quench the thirst of the Muslim faithful known as Ummah for understanding God in the Islamic way.

He (Atiku’s father) himself was a renowned Islamic scholar in the village. He did all he could to shield the young Abubakar from the prying eyes and the proselytizing arms of the Native Authority officials, who had embarked on compulsory mass literacy campaign in the region but all his efforts proved futile. However, for trying to stop Atiku from going to school, his father was arrested, charged to an Alkali court and fined 10 shillings.

Atiku started Primary School in January 1954 in Jada Primary School. He was registered by his mother’s elder brother as Atiku Kojoli. After the completion of his primary education in1960 he was admitted into Adamawa Provincial Secondary School in Yola. He finished his secondary school in 1965 with Grade Three in West African School Certificate Examination. Atiku proceeded to Nigerian Police College, Kaduna. He left Police for a job to make ends meet at the home front for his mother, who was a widow. His thirst for knowledge acquisition later took him to the Ahmadu Bello University in 1967 to study for a Diploma in Law programme.


CAREER BEFORE POLITICS
Towards the end of Atiku’s Diploma course, in June 1969, a team from the Federal Civil Service Commission came on a recruitment drive to the university and they recruited him into the Department of Customs and Excise. While at the Department of Customs and Excise he completed his training at the Police College in Ikeja, Lagos and at the customs training School in Ebute-Metta in Lagos.

Immediately after his training in Ebute-Metta he was posted to Idi Iroko border station. In 1972, Atiku was posted to Ibadan in 1975 and promoted to Superintendent of Customs. In 1976 he was transferred to Kano. He was transferred from Kano to Maiduguri command in 1977 where he rose to become Area Comptroller. Atiku was transferred to Kaduna in 1980 and back to Apapa Ports in 1982. In 1987, Atiku was promoted to the post of a Deputy Director in charge of Enforcement and Drugs. In April 1989, aged 43, Atiku voluntarily retired from customs as a Deputy Director.

POLITICAL ANTECEDENTS
This is the 27th year since Atiku Abubakar first tried to be President. In 1992, he sought the presidential ticket of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) but he was unsuccessful, coming third in the behind winner MKO Abiola and runner-up Babagana Kingibe.

Atiku had joined the People’s Front of Nigeria (PFN) in 1989 at the behest of Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, the party’s founder. He became one of the National Vice-Chairmen of the party and the party’s sole financier in the defunct Gongola State. When the party was disbanded by the then Head Of State, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, who came up with National Republic Congress (NRC) and Social Democratic Party (SDP), Atiku joined the SDP.

On August 21, 1991 Babaginda created Adamawa and Taraba States from Gongola State. Atiku constested for the governorship position of the newly created Adamawa State; he purportedly won the primary election but the election was said to be marred by violence and so cancelled on the instruction of the head of state.

Atiku joined the Peoples Democratic Movement(PDM) when the military announced its transition programme in 1998. PDM would later come together with other groups to form what is now known as Peoples Democratic Party(PDP). He was chosen by Olusegun Obasanjo, who had defeated Alex Ekwueme to clinch the PDP presidential ticket, as his running mate. Before Obasanjo chose him as his running mate, Atiku had also defeated his perennial rival, Bala Takaya of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), to win the governorship election in Adamawa.
Together with Obasanjo they won the presidential election in 1999. They re-contested in 2003 and won again.


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Atiku that won't even win Adamawa state ..#NextLevel

Yes

He's our next president

Yesss

Sakamanje

ko lee werkkkk

I don't know about other states

But one thing i can bet my balls on is the fact that pdp will win my state. Edo state to be precise. Edo is for atiku aguero Abubakar

In fact let me even bet my balls in advance

Atiku Abubakar is the only child of his parents.

This must be tough for him.

Meanwhile, 4+4= PMB

ATIKULATING MOOD ACTIVATED

Yes..by the grace of almighty ALLAH

What happens if the security men are the ones snatching ballot boxes?

yes ooo! Isha Allah!!

Achieved already!!!!

madridguy:

buhari is a goner

Truidstar:
Achieved already!!!!

confirmed

Atiku and his wild dreams


Let him goan contest in OSU land. He can never win election in NIgeria.

absolutely YES, by God Grace.

Parada:
Not in this life

Mouthgag:
NEVER

keep shut

h

He will Insha Allah

Jonathan is the last pdp President.

Atiku is a corrupt, power hungry with a personal mission to loot Nigeria dry. Atiku jumped from SDP to AC to PDP to APC now back With PDP this clearly show he is looking for the best suited for his agenda he doesn’t have Nigeria people at heart, any educated person can see this not literate person but educated person (big difference).

Infact Atiku donated 3 billion to Buhari campaign in 2015 plus a jet.

So who is deceiving who, give Nigeria to a digital minded person so that we can keep up with this digital era.

Sowore 2019
AAC

ATIKU baba Abubakar AKA bossu of all bosses

Say no Lifelessness!!
and
start Atikulating with immediate alacrity

Atiku will not be president just like MKO, he was popular but never president.mark my words!!

Better off than dullard in aso hell

.Definitely not Buhari

For the first time, Am going to vote Atiku this Saturday. Really had lots of thought what i will benefit if Buhari is voted in after the elections.

The answer is a big YES.
I am unhappy about the treatment being meted out to the VP whom I respect so much by the Cabal, I wanted to vote Buhari because of Osinbajo but I wont again.
He almost died because they wont even allow him access to presidential jets or helicopters

Never