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Ex-PDP spokesman Kola Ologbondiyan joins Atiku campaign media team

Mr Ologbondiyan joins other spokespersons earlier appointed by the presidential candidate to project the unique selling points of Mr Abubakar.

• October 6, 2022
Kolawole Ologbondiyan and Atiku Abubakar

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has appointed Mr. Kolawole Stephen Ologbondiyan, former National Publicity Secretary of the PDP as one of his spokesperson for the 2023 presidential campaign.

The appointment takes immediate effect.

Ologbondiyan joins other spokespersons earlier appointed by the presidential candidate to project the unique selling points of Atiku Abubakar and keep the electorate updated about goings on in the campaign.

Ologbondiyan was former National Publicity Secretary of the PDP (Dec. 2017-Dec. 2021). He was Director of Media and Publicity, PDP Presidential Campaign Council (2019 Presidential Election) and now member of National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party.

He was Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark (2007-2015). He is a highly experienced journalist endowed with requisite skills of communication.

He rose through the ranks from being Proof Reader and Production Editor to becoming Assistant Politics Editor, Politics Editor, Group Politics Editor, Deputy Editor (Daily) and Digital Editor (Online) of the THISDAY Newspapers. 

He is married to Omolola Jackline and blessed with children.

Signed:

Paul Ibe

Media Adviser to Atiku Abubakar

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Vice President of Nigeria, 1999-2007

Abuja

6th October, 2022.

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