Ahead of the 2023 general elections, former vice president Atiku Abubakar has commenced consultation in the North Central region, a zone that is also eying the presidential seat.
While many think it was a coincidence, the former governor of Nasarawa State, Senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura has also commenced campaign for the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairmanship position at the North Central Peoples Forum (NCPF) insisting that in 2023, the region can produce both the president and the chairman of the party.
Shortly after Al-Makura left the office of the NCPF, the founder of AIT, RayPower and Faji FM, High Chief Raymond Dopkesi also stormed the secretariat with his entourage, informing the officials of the North Central Peoples Forum that former vice president Atiku Abubakar has asked them to begin consultation in the region adding that they have covered all the states in the North Central remaining only the FCT.
Speaking earlier, Al-Makura had dismissed insinuations that the presidential ambition of some APC and PDP politicians from the North-Central zone would mar his chances of success during the party’s upcoming national convention insisting that the region can produce both the president and chairman of political parties.
“The North Central has come to be. So, anyone from the zone who is aspiring for any position either in the party or in the country has my support. We can produce both the party chairman and the president of Nigerians as we wish,” Al-Makura said.
Al-Makura said he is vying for the APC chairmanship position to promote cohesion in the party and help foster unity among Nigerians. According to him, the nation began to totter towards the brinks when it forgot the sacrifices made by the people of the North Central who defended the oneness of Nigeria.
Al-Makura said that as a committed and loyal member of the forum, he had always given his support to the organisation, and was seeking its blessings for the APC chairmanship position ahead of the party’s national convention.
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2 days ago“Whatever I am angling for, I am doing so not because of myself, but because of the society and our home states.
“As it is now, the lowest common multiple in Nigerian politics is the geographical zone. Even when people are dilly-dallying about the presidential ticket, they are speaking in terms of zones and not the states.
“So, the earlier the North-Central zone gets set, ready, committed, united, and speaks with one voice; the better for us to assert ourselves and assume what belongs to us. We have every reason to be proud as people of the North-Central zone.
“If you look at the history of this country, you will discover that the people of the North-Central have paid their dues physically, economically, and security-wise.
“It is now time for the people of this country to look towards the North-Central and reciprocate those good gestures, sacrifices, and commitments that our people have made for the unity, stability and survival of this country.
“My motive is not for the fun of the position, but for the cohesion of the party, and also for the North-central region to partake in putting together and determining the fate of this country in the years to come,” Al-makura said.
Speaking at the office of the North Central Peoples Forum, Raymond Dopkesi, who said 2023 is still the turn of the North added that himself and other like-minded people have conducted opinion polls that show Nigeria, needs an experienced person as president in 2023.
“And that experienced person is the former Vice president Atiku Abubakar. The problem of Nigeria is injustice. If we want to resolve the problem, I want to call on this forum, to make the sacrifice and view the issue objectively.
“The type of leadership we need is that of tested and proven in the country. We need people with cognate experience and we came to the conclusion that the person that has the quality to unite Nigeria is Atiku.
