2023 Presidency: Northern Elders In Dilemma Over Choice Of Candidate CoverStories
Spokesman of the forum, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, who stated this when he appeared on ‘Politics Today,’ a popular programme on Channels Television, noted that the northern elders made a terrible mistake in 2015 when they asked the people to give their bloc votes to Buhari without demanding his blueprint.
A source within the NEF told this paper yesterday that a clash of interest among the elders is making it difficult for them to arrive at a consensus presidential candidate. “We all know the South West has produced a president in the person of Obasanjo. But there is divergence of opinion among the elders on this too because some of them feel the argument for Obi is personal. Don’t forget that Peter Obi’s running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, is a brother of spokesman of the elders’ forum, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed.”
Baba-Ahmed told our correspondent in a telephone chat that the elders would not rush to endorse any presidential candidate despite having just a few weeks to the election.“We will exercise that option when we study the candidate and form an opinion about them and their capacity to carry the burden of northern Nigeria.
Three days ago, while featuring on a live television programme, Focus Nigeria, on the African Independent Television and monitored by LEADERSHIP, Baba-Ahmed had said the forum is taking precautions this time. He stressed that the group would endorse a candidate before the election, as they cannot afford to leave the North “hanging.”
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