Atiku, Tinubu or Obi? Ex-Minister Reveals Preferred Candidate Northerners Should Vote for in 2023 and Why

Atiku, Tinubu or Obi? Ex-Minister Reveals Preferred Candidate Northerners Should Vote for in 2023 and Why

  • Nigerians have been urged to ensure the right leader emerged in the forthcoming general elections, in 2023
  • Ex-minister of state for Health Architect Gabriel Aduku urged the northerners not to be biased in their voting pattern, noting if they get it wrong, they might not get such an opportunity again
  • The politician noted further that Nigeria needs a true leader who is ready to reposition the country and make it better for the people

On Wednesday, December 14, a former minister of state for Health Architect Gabriel Aduku said the north cannot afford to make a wrong decision in electing the next president in 2023.

Speaking at a summit organised by the Centre for Northern Awareness and Development (CENAD) in Abuja, Aduku said Nigeria needs a true leader that will work for the people and reposition the country.

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Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar, Bola Tinubu, 2023 elections, Northerners, Architect Gabriel Aduku
Architect Gabriel Aduku tells northerners to vote for the right leader in 2023. Photo credit: Atiku Abubakar, Mr. Peter Obi, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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Why northerners should vote wisely in 2023

The minister stated thus,

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“We as Northerners must love ourselves as brothers and sisters.
"In this election, may we do what is right and have a true leader that will work for the people and reposition Nigeria in such a way that development becomes part of everyone. Because today we have a Nigeria that is dangling seriously and I wish all those who have the courage and they are going to face these challenges, may God lead them to be successful and we hope they will be sincere in their leadership.
“To lead this country is a big challenge, let us go back to our roots and make the right decision, our wards, in the wards let us all go back home and make the difference, we cannot continue to wait for politicians, when we make the right decision in our localities things will be better.”

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He commended CENAD to try and bring together stakeholders across the north and beyond towards charting a cause for a monolithic north.

2023: Why northerners should campaign, vote for Peter Obi, Ex-presidential aspirant reveals

A former presidential aspirant in the 2019 elections, Udoka Charles Udeogaranya, Northern Elders Forum and the entire Northern Nigeria to back the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in succeeding President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.

According to him, supporting the former Anambra state governor, Northerners would ensure the wish of the late former minister of steel development in the Second Republic, Paul Unongo, of a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction, is achieved.

In a statement to commiserate the passing of Unogo on Monday, December 5, Udeogaranya maintained that it was time the Northerners support a candidate from the South-East to emerge as Nigeria’s president.

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Meanwhile, the vice-presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Datti Baba-Ahmed says the presidential ambition of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), means nothing to President Muhammadu Buhari.

According to him, Buhari has finished with Nigeria and he is going to “unmake Tinubu after all his political successes”.

“At the UNGA (United Nations General Assembly), he (Buhari) says the only legacy he can leave is a credible election. Now, this is a heartbreak for APC,” said Baba-Ahmed, the running mate to LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

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