By; JACOB ONJEWU DICKSON
Dr. Bukola Saraki for Presidency Advocacy Team, on Monday, said tthat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had been reading the mood of Nigerians and realised they do not want a Southern or Northern President of Nigeria.
Prof. Iyorwuese Hagher, Team Leader of the group who addressed a news conference in Bauchi, said what Nigerians want is a non nepotistic and competent president.
According to the group, these attributes fit its principal, Dr. Bukola Saraki, whom it described as an eminently qualified Nigerian by all standards.
“Today, Nigeria is in the doctrine of necessity moment and it is in this regard which made Nigerians in 1999 to state that Nigeria was prepared to go everywhere to find the right candidate who was going to unite the country.
“Today, that doctrine of necessity has become very important because the PDP is reading the mood of the nation and the mood of the nation is that Nigerians do not want a Southern or a Northern president, Nigerians want a competent president.
“They want somebody who will unite us, improve the economy, and protect Nigerians from being killed in their homes.
“Somebody who will protect our universities, somebody who will give us fuel, gas, diesel, oil, electricity, among others,” said the group.
The group said it was on this premise they visited Bauchi state to give to the people of the state’s delegates the credentials of its principal, Dr Bukola Saraki.
The groups added “not looking at where he comes from, not bothering about who and who is his brother or his wife because we do not want a president to be a nepotistic one.
“We want a broadminded Nigerian president who will unite this country, who will wipe away our tears and make Nigeria a great country.
“This is our vision and that is what brought us here”.
The group however, stated that it was hoping for a national consensus where a candidate would be unanimously selected, adding that it would be in total support of any consensus candidate that emerges.
It also assured that Dr. Bukola Saraki is a humble and loyal PDP member who, if not selected, would immediately support whoever becomes the consensus candidate.
