Yahaya Bello, Kogi State governor, has claimed that all Nigerians are asking him to contest for the office of the president in the 2023 general election.
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Bello, who spoke on Friday when he featured on Channels Television programme, Politics Today, promised to give an answer soon.
The governor noted that Nigerians desire a candidate who will unite the country, saying he believes he has the necessary qualities to perform very well as president.
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“The youths and women and all Nigerians, including very objective elites, are asking me to run for president in 2023. And I believe that it is high time that we looked into capacity — who can do the job? who is going to unify this country? And I think they are seeing something in me that they are asking me to come and unite and fix this country,” he said.
“My answer will be affirmative in a [short] time from now. I want to urge each and everyone of us that are asking me to come and run to be patient.
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“It is still a work in progress and by the grace of God, I am not going to disappoint you when the time comes for me to give a response to that.”
