Atiku Abubakar Bio, Parents, Wife, Children, Siblings
Atiku Abubakar Bio, Parents, Wife, Children, Siblings: Atiku Abubakar is a Nigerian politician and businessman born on November 25, 1946, in Jada, Nigeria.
His political career started in the early 1980s when he worked behind the scenes on the governorship campaign of Bamanga Tukur where he canvassed for votes and also made donations to the campaign.
Later along the line, Atiku Abubakar joined mainstream politics and ran as governor of Adamawa State in 1990, 1996 and but was later elected in 1998.
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After winning the 1998 election, he became Olusegun Obasanjo’s running mate in the 1999 presidential election and was re-elected in 2003. Atiku served as the vice president of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo from 1999 to 2007.
In the 2007 presidential election, Atiku was the presidential candidate for the Action Congress but placed third to Umaru Yar’Adua of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Muhammadu Buhari of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP).
Prior to the 2011 presidential election, Atiku contested the presidential primaries of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) but lost to the incumbent President and candidate, Goodluck Jonathan.
In 2014, he joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2015 presidential election and contested the presidential primaries losing to Muhammadu Buhari.
In 2017, he returned to the Peoples Democratic Party and was the party’s presidential candidate during the 2019 presidential election, again losing to the incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari.
In May 2022, he defeated Nyesom Wike, the current Governor of Rivers State in the primaries hence becoming the presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2023 general election.
The 2023 Nigerian general election will be held on Saturday, 25 February 2023.
Atiku Abubakar Age
Atiku Abubakar celebrated his 76th birthday on November 25, 2022. He was born on November 25, 1946, in Jada, Nigeria. Atiku will be 77 in November this year.
Atiku Abubakar Height
Atiku Abubakar stands at a height of 1.8m
Atiku Abubakar Parents
Atiku Abubakar was born in Jada, Nigeria to Garba Abubakar (father) and Aisha Kande (mother).
His father was a Fulani trader and farmer (he died in 1957 by drowning while crossing a river to Toungo, a neighboring village to Jada).
Atiku was named after his paternal grandfather Atiku Abdulqadir who hails from Wurno, Sokoto State. Not much is known about his mother.
Atiku Abubakar Wife
Atiku Abubakar is said to have had four wives; Fatima Abubakar, Princess Ruqayyat, Amina Titi Atiku Abubakar, and Jamila Atiku-Abubakar.
Atiku explains: “I wanted to expand the Abubakar family. I felt extremely lonely as a child. I had no brother and no sister. I did not want my children to be as lonely as I was. This is why I married more than one wife. My wives are my sisters, my friends, and my advisers and they complement one another.”
Atiku Abubakar Children
Atiku Abubakar has been blessed with twenty-eight children. Below are some of them; Aminu Abubakar, Hadiza Abubakar, Mary-am Abubakar, Adamu Abubakar, Asmau Abubakar, Aliyu Abubakar, Shehu Abubakar, Abba Abubakar, Laila Abubakar, Aisha Abubakar, Rukayatu Abubakar, Mohammed Abubakar, Ahmed Abubakar, Hafsat Abubakar, Meena Abubakar, Zainab Abubakar, Bilkisu Abubakar, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Mustapha Abubakar, Ummi-Hauwa Abubakar, and Atiku Abubakar.
Atiku Abubakar Sibling
Atiku Abubakar had a sister but she sadly died in infancy making him (Atiku) the only child of his parents.
