By Ahmed Abubakar, Dutse
Ahead of the 2023 general election, the All Progressives Congress (APC) may have started shopping for its presidential candidate.
This followed declaration by the national youth leader of the APC Barrister Ismail Ahmed, saying the party will face a stiff political war against the odd of not having a presidential candidate that could spring-up millions of votes like it happened in subsequent elections.
Barrister Ismail spoke on Monday at a parley with stakeholders at the Manpower Development Institute (MDI) Dutse.
According to Ismail “for the first time in a long time, President Muhammadu Buhari will be out of the equation in 2023, with an entirely fresh candidate that will be expected to win elections for the party”, he said.
He said members of the party should not be under the illusion that the elections would be smooth, adding that already the main opposition party PDP, has about 14 states with mega resources to finance the party.
The meeting between the national youth leader and other stakeholders in Dutse may have come at a time the APC is in a dilemma of a political candidate that would have a pedigree of President Buhari that could guarantee mass votes for the party.
Earlier the acting state APC chairman, Alhaji Muhammad Dikuma congratulated the national youth leader for series of political interventions he made on behalf of Jigawa’ state.
Dikkuma said for years, northern youth were the most backward in the country.
He explained “it is very unfortunate that the youth were neglected for a very long time and their future has been tempered with, leading to socail vices”.
