A former federal commissioner for information, Chief Edwin Clark, has described the growing number of presidential aspirants from the South-West and South-South as madness and unrealistic, IgbereTV reports
Clark, who stated this in an interactive session with journalists in Abuja, said the growing number of aspirants vying for the presidency in 2023 was an abnormal situation.
He noted that some of the aspirants were merely playing double games and branded them as unserious.
The elder statesman wondered how the All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirants were getting N100 million to pay for their presidential nomination and expression of interest forms considering the level of hunger in the country.
At least 19 politicians had declared interest in the APC presidential race while 17 others were vying for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ticket at this month’s primary