A former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, has said only a President from the North-Central zone of the country can rescue Nigeria from its current state of standstill.
Baraje stated this while leading a team of PDP Advocates to consult for the presidential ambition of former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the PDP secretariat in Minna, Niger State.
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The PDP chieftain also said the zone only needs to adopt a consensus candidate to achieve that and called on the north-central to come out as a united front ahead of the 2023 presidential elections.
Baraje said Senator Bukola Saraki is endowed with the character, capacity, and competency of a president to elevate Nigeria out of its current chaos.
He said, “for the past years we have worked for other zones, we have assumed positions as national Chairman of the PDP severally and produced Presidents but this time around whether the national Chairman is from our zone, the North Central will still produce the next President.”
“Saraki has the capacity for the job. He will not be like those who are over 70 years old and traveling abroad for months not minding what happens to the people and the nation.
“Even if the north-central produces the next party chairman, the zone will still vie for the presidency in 2023.”
On his part, former Governor of Kwara State, Sha’aba Lafiaji urged for the north-central to adopt a consensus candidate to actualize its desire.
“Enough of pushing the position of national chairman position to us. This time around we must be firm on Presidential aspirants from the zone. We all need to adopt a consensus candidate from the zone and that candidate is Bukola Saraki,” Lafiafi said.
In his response, Barrister Tanko Beji, the Niger State PDP Chairman, assured the team of support towards the north-central having a consensus candidate for 2023.
“We are willing to give their support to Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki or any other consensus candidate that would be agreed upon by the zone,” he stated.
