2023: Saraki, Tambuwal, Mohammed seek northern PDP presidential candidate

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki and governors of Sokoto and Bauchi states, Aminu Tambuwal and Bala Muhammed, are seeking to work together towards securing a consensus presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election.

Saraki said this in a post on his Instagram page on Sunday.

The former senate president said the three politicians agreed on this after a meeting on the issue surrounding the approach of the party to the search for its presidential candidate.

“This afternoon, I was in Bauchi State to meet with my brothers, the Governors of Bauchi and Sokoto states, Sen. Bala Mohammed and Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, to discuss the state of the nation and deliberate on what our joint response should be on the search for solutions as we approach 2023.

“We agreed that our country is in a very dicey situation and that we should work together to provide good leadership. We believe that the ruling party which is so embroiled in crisis and is unable to manage its affairs, cannot effectively administer the country. Therefore, going forward, Nigerians are eagerly looking towards the PDP to bail out the country. We believe this is the time to place the interest of millions of Nigerians above personal interest.

“Therefore, even though each of us has indicated an interest in becoming the next President of Nigeria, the three of us have resolved to achieve a consensus amongst us, as a first step, and then hold further discussions with others within the party. We will continue to update party members and the public on further developments as we hold more meetings. This is a process that we are determined to follow to a successful conclusion,” Saraki said.