According to Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed, the South-East and North-East have the most credible claim to the presidency in 2023.
Mohammed, a presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said this on Friday in Awka during a meeting with party supporters in Anambra.
He said that neither of the geopolitical zones has yet to produce a democratically elected president.
He said: “The Igbo nation is critical in the Nigerian project.
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“Their entrepreneurial ingenuity and apprenticeship should be imbibed by other parts of the country as a model for addressing poverty and unemployment.’’
He, however, said he would support whosoever emerged as candidate from the primary in order to ensure that PDP wrestled power from the ruling-All Progressives Congress.
He said, “I am presenting myself for election and I seek your support.
“But if I do not win, I will support the eventual candidate because we have to rescue Nigeria.”
The presidential hopeful said he was duty bound to accept the outcome of the primary election as a true party man.
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