A former Governor of Zamfara
State, Senator Ahmed Sani Yerima, has said that he will contest the 2019
presidential election if President Muhammadu Buhari declines to seek
re-election.
He told newsmen yesterday in
Abuja, that his announcement did not negate his avowed commitment to support
President Buhari if he decided to re-contest the 2019 election.
Yerima, representing Zamfara
West in the Senate under the ruling APC, seconded the motion by the National
Executive Committee (NEC) of the party for Buhari to run in the 2019 election.
He assured that he would not
contest against Buhari, but expressed optimism that nobody would condemn him if
he decided to contest for the presidency if Buhari declined.
“I am in politics not for
personal aggrandizement but for the sheer glory; I am in politics to serve and
I have not failed to do that,” Yerima said.
The senator’s declaration of
support for the president to run for second term followed massive support by
186 groups under the aegis of the Buhari Support Group (BSG) on October 27.
Source: DailyTrust
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