2023: I’m No longer Interested in Becoming Nigeria's President, PDP Chieftain Makes U-Turn after 3 Attempts
- Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Attahiru Bafarawa has said he no longer wants to become Nigeria's president
- The former Sokoto state governor and PDP chieftain said he would never run for any political office again
- Bafarawa also condemned the usual political tradition of governors going to the Senate after completing their tenures
Attahiru Bafarawa, a former governor of Sokoto state, has said he is no longer interested in becoming Nigeria's president.
It was gathered that since his leaving office as Sokoto governor in 2007, Bafarawa had aspired for the presidential ticket at least three times.
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Bafarawa was a presidential candidate on the platform of the Democratic People’s Party (DPP) and in the 2007 presidential election he lost to the candidate of the PDP, the late Umaru Yar’adua.
The former governor also in 2010 aspired for the number one political seat on the platform of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).
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In 2019, Bafarawa also aspired for the presidential ticket on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
However, in an interview with The Punch which was published on Sunday, November 21, the former Sokoto governor said would never run for any political office again.
Asked how he would handle insecurity if he were to be president, Bafarawa said:
“Unfortunately, I am not going to be the President and I don’t want to be the President.”
Speaking on why he dropped the presidential ambition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain said:
“It is a question of not having the will to do something. There was a time I was in politics; the will to do it was there. Now, I don’t have it. I feel I have done my best based on the opportunity given to me and I am grateful for what God has done for me.
"Therefore, I will never go for any elective office for the rest of my life and I will never accept any appointment for the rest of my life. But I will always give my advice whenever it is needed.”
It’s greedy to serve as governor and still aim for Senate - Bafarawa
Meanwhile, the former Sokoto state governor also described as ingrate governors who run for senate after completing their terms in office.
He said:
“Why would you serve eight years as governor of a state and then you come again and take one part of the state and say you are going to the National Assembly?
"After serving for eight years, why don’t you allow others to go to the National Assembly? As a former governor, the only thing you can look forward to is the presidency. Anything less than that is an abuse of privilege.
“Out of 200 million people, you are one of the few chosen to become governor, and after two terms, you come back again and say you want to go to the Senate. What are you going to the Senate to do? As a former governor, ask somebody to go and represent the people there. Then you give the person your wisdom."
2023: What I will do if Atiku emerges PDP’s presidential candidate - Fintiri
Meanwhile, Ahmadu Fintiri, the governor of Adamawa state, has said he will strongly support former vice president Atiku Abubakar if he again emerges as the presidential candidate of the PDP in 2023.
Fintiri who was the chairman of the PDP national convention committee said this on Tuesday, October 26, when he appeared as a guest of Channels TV's Politics Today.
The governor of Adamawa state said Atiku has all it takes to rule Nigeria, reiterating that he will work towards his emergence as Nigeria's president if he gets the PDP's presidential ticket.
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