Following the meeting of three 2023 presidential aspirants, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members have said that they will settle for a northern consensus aspirant.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Bukola Saraki, a former Governor of Kwara State and one-time Senate President, disclosed this after a meeting with some PDP heavyweights.
Saraki was briefing newsmen at the end of a meeting held with the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed and Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, on Sunday, at the Ramat House, Bauchi.
“We are all competent and capable to lead this country but at the end of the day, it is only one person that will lead this country in 2023. We have also resolved that we will work closely together to ensure that we will come out with a consensus candidate among the three of us.
“We believe our role is to make things easier for us to have stability because if there is stability in PDP,” he said.
The 2023 Nigerian presidential election will be held on 25 February 2023. Incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term.
