A former Commissioner of Information in Edo State, Kassim Afegbua, has urged Atiku to dump his presidential ambition and support a southern candidate.
Afegbua, a member of the Technical Committee for Atiku’s presidency, in a statement on Sunday, said the ambition of Atiku will not fly.
“Nigerians in their millions are tired of seeing the faces of persons who have dominated the political space in the last forty years and yet, unwilling to take a bow. In the spirit of the new thinking and paradigm shift, please tell them to allow us to breathe,” he said.
Meanwhile, also interested in the ticket are former Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, former Governor of Kano State.
Saraki, it was gathered, has been reaching out to stalwarts of the party ahead of his formal declaration for the presidency.
A source close to him said Saraki, former Governor of Kwara State, would soon declare for the presidential race.
