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2023 Presidency: Back Off, Group Urges Atiku
The National Coordinator, Concerned Advocates for Good Governance (CAGG), Olusegun Bamgbose, Esq, has told a former Vice President and business mogul, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to shelve any ambition he might be nursing for the presidency in 2023.
He pointed out that Northern politicians such as Tanko Yakassai, Paul Nnongo, Balarabe Musa, Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, Senate President Ahmad Lawal, and others, have spoken the minds of the people in the region which Atiku should respect.
It would be recalled that Tanko Yakassai had declared that Tinubu would make a better President than Muhammadu Buhari.
Some prominent Northern politicians had also in recent weeks declared support for Southern Presidency come 2023, insisting that they would support any credible candidate from any state in the Southern region.
“Tanko Yakassai, Paul Nnongo, Balarabe Musa, Governor El-Rufai, Ahmed Lawal and others will forever be respected and reckoned with, in the scheme of things,” Bamgbose said in a chat with newsmen, yesterday.
“They are the new faces of great Nigerians. They deserve to be commended for standing for what is just and equitable.
“They have actually spoken the mind of the North.