Following the 2007 elections, Abubakar returned to the People's Democratic Party. In October 2010 he announced his intention to contest for the Presidency. On 22 November, a Committee of Northern Elders selected him as the Northern Consensus Candidate, over former Military President Ibrahim Babangida, former National Security Adviser Aliyu Gusau and Governor Bukola Saraki of Kwara State.(22 November 2010). Atiku is Northern Consensus Candidate . Vanguard. Retrieved 16 July 2014 In January 2011, Abubakar contested for the Presidential ticket of his party alongside President Jonathan and Sarah Jubril, and lost the primary, garnering 805 votes to President Jonathan's 2736.14 January 2011. Goodluck Jonathan Defeats Atiku In PDP Presidential Primary . Sahara Reporters (Retrieved 12 August 2014)
