After Withdrawing from Presidential Race, Northern Governor Tells Delegates Who to Vote For

• In a shocking twist of event, Governor Abubakar Badaru has thrown his weight behind Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
• The governor of Jigawa state had earlier withdrawn from the presidential following northern governors' decision to leave the presidential ticket for the southern region
• At the venue of the primary on Tuesday, June 7, Governor Badaru urged delegates to vote for the former governor of Lagos state

Eagle Square, Abuja - The governor of Jigawa state, Abubakar Badaru, has urged delegates at the ongoing presidential primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to vote for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Governor Badaru had earlier withdrawn from the presidential race after northern governors agreed that the presidential ticket of the ruling APC should be given to the south in 2023.

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Seven other presidential aspirants on the platform of the ruling party stepped down for the former governor of Lagos state.

They are:

1. Governor Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti state)
2. Governor Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa state)
3. Senator Ibikunle Amosun
4. Senator Ajayi Borrofice
5. Dimeji Bankole
6. Senator Godswill Akpabio, former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs
7. Uju Ohanenye.

APC primary: Why I stepped down for Tinubu, Fayemi reveals

Meanwhile, the governor of Ekiti state, Fayemi, has explained why he stepped down for his political benefactor, Tinubu.

While making his speech at the Eagles Square, the venue of the party's presidential primary on Tuesday, June 7, Fayemi said that he was prepared to sacrifice his ambition to be president of Nigeria for Tinubu.

"I am prepared to sacrifice my ambition to be president of Nigeria. I am a young man and I still have a lot of time ahead of me and one person I have worked with in the trenches of democratic struggles and in the cause of governing Nigeria side by side, shoulder to shoulder, my mentor, my leader and supporter of mine and great fighter for the unity of Nigeria that I will recommend to all my supporters and my delegates starting with the 48 delegates from Ekiti state alone and others from across the country is that you please accord me the respect to offer the support you are giving me to my elder brother, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I am not doing him a favour but doing a duty of care for Nigeria," he said.

Source: Legit.ng