Northern Group Begins Search For Buhari’s Successor

• EKOHOTBLOG, 29TH NOVEMBER, 2020
• A northern group has declared the search for a credible and reputable candidate for the 2023 presidency

With the conversation on President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor taking a central stage, a group has inaugurated a steering committee to begin a search for the country’s new leader.

The northern group, Progressive Movement for Democracy (PDM), made this known on Saturday, November 28, saying the committee has been given the mandate to provide a “credible and reputable candidate” with the north interest.

Speaking during the inauguration of the committee, the group’s leader, Muhammad Auwal Musa, said the north is tired of being the epicentre of poverty and insecurity in the country.

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According to him, the purpose of the group is to bring the northerners together under one umbrella so that “we can channel our cause for development and political alignments.”

“We want a united front to fight for the interest of the North ahead of the 2023 elections, just like we did in 2014 when APC was established.

“President Muhammadu Buhari will leave as president in 2023. We have decided to come together and to bring northerners under one umbrella so that we can channel our cause for development and political alignments.

“We must work and explore all political avenues to identify creditable aspirants who have the leadership capacity for quality representation at all levels of contest. It was gathered that members of the steering committee cut across all the NorthWestern states.”