Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has dismissed claims that he is desperate to become Nigeria’s president, stressing that his focus is on rescuing the nation from its current challenges. Speaking on Saturday in response to critics who insist he should step aside for younger aspirants, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) maintained that leadership for him is about service, not desperation. Atiku, who has contested the presidency twice under the PDP, has often faced accusations of being overly ambitious. However, addressing a ceremony in Lagos organised to welcome some PDP and Labour Party leaders into the African Democratic Congress (ADC), where he was the guest speaker, he reiterated that his mission is national redemption. Represented at the event by Prof. Ola Olateju, the Adamawa-born politician said his ultimate vision is to build a country that Nigerians everywhere can be proud of. “It’s not about Atiku having to be president at all costs,” he said. According to him, the African Democratic Congress should not been regarded as a political party but is a movement through which Nigerians have decided to change bad governance The movement, according to him, is aimed at repositioning the country and taking it to great heights.