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Ex-governor of Sokoto State, Dr Attahiru Bafarawa
Former governor of Sokoto State, Dr. Attahiru Bafarawa, has declared that all presidential aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), are in tandem to ensure the sack from office of President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in 2019.
Bafarawa, who was in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital on Friday to intimate former President Goodluck Jonathan of his presidential ambition, in an interview said all lovers of democracy in Nigeria must unite to get Buhari out of power and move the country forward.
He described Jonathan as a democrat not of Nigeria but Africa, adding that he is contesting the presidency, not for personal interests.
Bafarawa, who referred to the APC as a limited liability company, allay fears that he would leave the PDP if he was not given the Presidential ticket.
Jonathan also while seeing his guest off said Bafarawa is an experienced politician that wants the best for Nigeria.
On the number of people jostling for the PDP presidential ticket, he said the high number is good for democracy, stressing however that the party must ensure there is a level playing ground for all the aspirants.
•Excerpted from a Daily Sun report
