The race for the Presidency in 2023 keeps throwing more players into the game as a former Governor of Zamfara State, Ahmad Yerima has declared his intent at vying for the coveted political post, IgbereTV reports.
Yerima made his proclamation on Saturday via a BBC Hausa interview in Gusau, the capital of Zamfara State, while narrating how he was prevailed upon by Northern elders to shelve his ambition for that of President Muhammadu Buhari during previous elections.
He said, “If God spares my life, by 2023 I would go into the contest for the post of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“In 2007 I made similar attempts but the Arewa Consultative Forum and other respected elders of the North pleaded with me and other contenders to step down for Muhammadu Buhari and I agreed.
