Close ally of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, had said last week Bankole had concluded his consultations with key stakeholders across the country.
The former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, has expressed presidential interest and pickup nomination forms of the All Progressives Congress to contest for the 2023 presidency.
A close ally of the former Speaker, Malam Abdullahi Bayero, told The PUNCH on Friday in Kaduna that “we have picked the forms for the former Speaker.”
He said the former Zamfara State Governor, Mahmuda Aliyu Shinkafi, led the delegation that bought the forms at the cost of N100m on behalf of Bankole on Friday.
Bayero had said, “Right Honourable Dimeji Bankole is in the race and he is contesting on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress. He has met with various stakeholders and their support is overwhelming, especially across the North. So, he is set to buy the APC nomination form next week.
“Many see him as someone who ticked
all the boxes as far as having a young, smart, competent and patriotic
president is concerned.
“Just like former military
President, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, posited, Nigeria needs a young leader. I
think there should be no debate over that even though the constitution did not
stop old men from running for office.
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