Atiku Abubakar, the presidential
aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is Nigeria’s top trending
politician on Google in 2018.
Google announced the results of
its 2018 Year in Search on Wednesday which revealed the year’s major moments
and top trends based on searches conducted in Nigeria.
The 2018 Year in Search list
contains the top trending news moment, music and movies that got the attention
of Nigerians as well as the people, places, and things that trended.
The 72-year-old politician was
Nigeria’s vice president between 1999 and 2007 when Olusegun Obasanjo was
president.
He will be contesting in the 2019
presidential election, with Peter Obi as his running mate, hoping to displace
the incumbent president, Muhammadu Buhari who is also seeking re-election with
the All Progressives Congress ticket.
“This year’s most searched news
event was the Osun elections, which gripped national attention in September due
to alleged incidents of voter intimidation and interference,” a statement by
the company read.
In Nigeria, the top trending
people were:
·
Alexis Sanchez
·
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
·
Meghan Markle
·
Stan Lee
·
Philippe Coutinho
·
Atiku Abubakar
·
Tosyn Bucknor
·
Avicii
·
Aisha Abimbola
·
Sylvester Stallone
The top trending news searches
were:
·
Osun elections
·
Ekiti elections
·
PDP Presidential Primaries
·
ASUU Strike
·
NLC Strike/Minimum Wage
·
Offa Robbery
·
Kaduna Crisis
·
Lagos APC primaries
·
Royal Wedding
·
Atiku Running Mate
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Yes, he could be, because people want to know about his alleged money laundering with his girlfriend in the US, whereby his girlfriend was jailed. Perchance, he made appearance, he could be serving jail term too.
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