Atiku dai tsohon ma'aikacin hukumar kastam ne da ya fara neman kujerar shugabancin kasar nan tun a shekarar 1993, sai dai a wannan lokaci ya kasance daya daga cikin wadanda suka sadaukar da kudirin su ga marigayo Moshood Abiola domin lashe zaben jam'iyyar su da SDP (Social Democratic Party).
