Presidential election: Atiku should wait till 2031, North won’t vote Peter Obi – Ali Modu Sheriff

Former politician of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, has said the African Democratic Congres, ADC, statesmanlike candidate, Atiku Abubakar, should hold till 2031 to go Nigeria’s president due to the fact that President Bola Tinubu volition implicit his eight-year term.

Sheriff besides said the North volition not backmost the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, statesmanlike candidate, Peter Obi, adjacent though helium has Rabiu Kwankwaso arsenic his moving mate.

Appearing connected Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday night, Sheriff stated that the North volition ne'er ballot for Obi.

Sheriff said: “I don’t interest astir Peter Obi due to the fact that I cognize Northerners volition ne'er enactment him.

“The concern is antithetic now. During Peter Obi’s clip arsenic governor, helium worked to get Northerners to permission Anambra State. This is what radical successful Kano are telling Kwankwaso now.

“They assertion they person ever stood by him and volition support doing truthful if helium runs for president, but they won’t enactment him if helium sides with Peter Obi.

“For Atiku, this is not the North’s turn. He is ...