A former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has been urged to put aside his ambition to turn out to be President in 2023.
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP), Prince Kassim Afegbua who was Atiku's spokersperson within the 2019 election stated the choice will enable the Southeast the chance to provide the following president.
Afegbua urged Atiku to drop his presidential ambition in 2023 and work for zoning of the ticket to the South.
Talking in an interview with DAILY INDEPENDENT, Afegbua who was the spokesperson of the Atiku Abubakar presidential marketing campaign organisation in the course of the 2019 elections additionally zoning the PDP to the North will mark one other spherical of political disaster within the nation.
Afegbua who stated Atiku might be 77 years by 2023 urged him to play the function of a statesman and mentor youthful ones for political workplace somewhat than struggling to deal with the rigorous work of President as within the case of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The previous Commissioner for Data in Edo stated "Ceding the ticket to the North will mark the start of one other spherical of political contestation and disaster. True. We can't afford that luxurious now. We have to name a spade, by its very title. It's higher prevented than enable egocentric political curiosity to element the circulate of discourse when it comes to our political stability".
"If only Alhaji Atiku can behave like a statesman and bid bye to partisan politics and join his colleagues octogenarians in helping to shape public discourse and mentoring the younger ones for political office". "At age 77 in 2023, he would have become older. The bones at such age will be showing signs of exhaustion and weakness. President Buhari recently told Nigerians that working 6 to 8 hours everyday, at age 79, was no joke". "That's the honest truth, and yet you want us to go for another Methuselah again? Please help us beg Alhaji Atiku that it is the turn of the South and he should not use his ambition to thwart the flow of events, help us beg him"
