By Peter Adedoyin
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Muhammed on Wednesday disclosed that the zoning of Presidency to the South by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming general elections, poses no threat to the main opposition party; People's Democratic Party (PDP).
The governor, who made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen in Abeokuta, after visiting the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, said the PDP would continue to strategize to rescue Nigeria from the present situation she found herself.
He said, "to him, the zoning of Presidency to the South by the APC is not a threat to the PDP, because each party is trying to strategize, to plan and organise. If they zone it to the South, it is open to us to see how it is going to give us more electoral victory if we put it the the North".
"This is the kind of things we are doing; the leg works, the permutations and so on and so forth. So that, at least, whatever we are going to do, will give Nigerians opportunity to choose between the best alternatives."
While explaining his mission to the former President, Muhammed said, "the relationship between them and the issue of PDP were basically the essence".
According to him, "We know that Baba is non-partisan, we know he's an elder statesman per excellence. But, we are rebuilding our party to remove rancour, division and what-have-you. So, we still need him, because his words of wisdom are always very useful".
"So, I have come to sound his opinion on some of the things going on in the party, to close ranks and make sure that we provide Nigerians with the opportunity to rescue the country, from the present division going around which we have found ourselves".
On his chances of getting the PDP's Presidential ticket to contest the 2023 election, Muhammed expressed optimism, stressing that "to me, Presidency is a consensus; a stakeholder and a statesmanship and its responsibilities. Of course, every Nigerian should try to contribute his or her quota to the growth and development of the nation.
He added that "leadership recruitment should be based on merit, should be based on making sure that we bring everybody on board and should not be based on manifestation of separatist, which is the instrument capable of dividing us further".
"Nigeria is too large and too important to be ignored. Some of us have benefited so much. It is not about me and my aspiration, but about the country," he asserted.
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