Nigeria, April 16 -- Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has signalled that the 2027 presidential election could mark the end of his long-running ambition to lead Nigeria, pointing to his age and what he described as the heightened stakes of the contest.

Atiku, who was the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 and 2023 elections, disclosed during a live interview on Arise Television on Wednesday. He was responding to a question on whether turning 80 by the next election would influence his ambition.

"Certainly yes, because the stakes are higher and I believe that will be my last outing," he said, signalling what could be the closing chapter of a decades-long pursuit of the presidency.

Atiku has been ...