The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal says the Peoples Democratic Party should give its presidential ticket to a candidate that can wi...
The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal says the Peoples
Democratic Party should give its presidential ticket to a candidate that can
win the election, not minding what part of the country the candidate comes
from.
“I’m appealing to my party that we should be talking about
how to win the election. Not just not zoning of where the President is coming
from,” Mr Tambuwal said.
He added that “The President can come from wherever provided
he has the capacity and competence to fix Nigeria of the moment. The Nigeria of
1998 is different from the Nigeria of 2023.”
Mr Tambuwal made this statement in an interview with
Channels TV on Tuesday, citing how the All Progressives Congress won the 2015
election by strategically picking President Muhammadu Buhari as its candidate.
“As I said before, APC in 2015, deliberately out of strategy
sort out President Muhammadu Buhari from Katsina state. Meanwhile, the last
president from the Northern part of Nigeria was Umaru Musa Yar’Adua from the
same Katsina State.
“Because they believe they can win the election with him. It
is now the APC is talking about zoning. When they were looking for Presidency
and power, they didn’t talk about zoning. They got someone they believe could
check the box at that moment and deliver,” Mr Tambuwal said.
The governor’s comment comes amid agitation for the PDP to
zone its presidential ticket to the south.
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