Tinubu, Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso: Why Presidential Candidates Pay Attention To North Than South During Campaigns

• As the 2023 general election gets closer, political parties are making different permutations ahead of the forthcoming poll
• The major presidential candidates in the election are now shifting their attention to the northern part of the country
• According to INEC, the north has 49 million of the 93 million registered voters, thus, Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, Rabiu Kwankwaso and Peter Obi, turned their attention to the region

The race for the 2023 election is some weeks away and presidential candidates are already paying attention to the largest voting bloc in Nigeria's political space.

The leading presidential candidates are Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party's Peter Obi and New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) of Rabiu Kwankwaso.

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This is due to the fact their footsoldiers have been ramping up the northern region as it leads in the number of Nigerian voters in the 2023 election.

According to statistics released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), out of the 93 million registered voters expected to vote in the 2023 election, 49 million of them are from the Arewa nation.

The breakdown of the voters showed that 22.67 million are from the northwest, which is the largest, 14.1 million are from the north-central while the northeast has 12.8 million registered voters.

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Thus, political parties and their candidate, including Bola Tinubu (APC), Atiku Abubakar (PDP), Peter Obi (LP) and Rabiu Kwankwaso (NNPP) are already putting mechanisms in place to win the heart of the people in the region.

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They are already making the north a new bride as the 2023 election gets closer.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Yola, the Adamawa state capital, to flag off the APC governorship campaign and participate in its presidential rally in the state.

The president's visit to the state has sent some jittery messages to the PDP as the state is considered the stronghold of Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate.

Aishatu Binani, the APC governorship candidate in the state is also the only female guber hopeful from a major political party in the 2023 poll.

Source: Legit.ng