Former Zamfara State Governor, Senator Sani Yerima, has declared his intention to vie for the presidency in 2023.
He disclosed this on Tuesday, saying he shelved his presidential ambition three times since 2006 to back President Muhammadu Buhari’s ambition.
Sani Yerima said that as the president prepares to leave the scene in 2023, it was time he took a shot at the presidency.
“You may recall that in 2006, I declared my interest to contest for Presidency after having served Zamfara State for a period of eight years.
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“However, I decided to withdraw for the current President at that time and since then I went to Senate for three terms. Now that Mr President is completing his second term, I decided to try again to see what God will have for me having voluntarily decided not to go to the Senate again.
“Every politician who is participating in the current democracy knows that the Constitution of Nigeria has spelt out what he has to do as President, Governor, member of National Assembly or State Assembly. Some people try to say that this Constitution is not a Nigerian Constitution but I believe that however, in whatever manner this Constitution came about whether by military dictatorship or arrangement or by constitutional conferences, we now have a Constitution that we operate as a democratic country since 1999,” he said.
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He debunked claims of a “gentleman’s agreement” within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) that the presidential ticket of the party would be zoned to the South-West in 2023.
Recall that as Zamfara governor, Sani Yerima was the first governor to implement Sharia law in his state, which came into effect on 27 January 2000.