Bauchi Gov, Bala Mohammed Must Contest 2023 Presidency – Northern Youths Insists

The Northern Youths Leaders’ Forum (NYLF) has insisted that Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, must contest the 2023 presidential election, or else they won’t back his re-election bid.

Naija News reports that NYLF National President, Comrade Elliot Afiyo, made this known when he led other members on a courtesy visit to the governor at the Government House, Bauchi.

According to him, the Forum, which consists 42 northern groups, would work against the governor’s future political interests should he decline their request to run.

He informed that one of the objectives of the Forum was the political interest of the North, especially in a democratic dispensation, adding that it had remained steadfast despite threats, intimidations and inducements.

He said: “Your Excellency, this Forum took interest in you when you defeated a sitting governor in the senatorial election in 2007. Since then, our intelligence committee led by my humble self decided to give His Excellency a close watch, this you may not know.

“His Excellency’s boldness and overwhelming passion for truth and justice which came to public notice when you displayed against all odds in the Senate by introducing the doctrine of necessity which brought peace, order and tranquillity in the nation, gives us assurance that one day, a desired and respected president will emerge to take us across the red sea.”

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