2023: Mamman Daura’s comment on zoning his personal opinion – Presidency

The Presidency says the views expressed by elder statesman, Mamman Daura are his personal views and not those of President Muhammadu Buhari or his administration. Daura had in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service on Tuesday, urged Nigerians to embrace competence, and not zoning, in determining the next president in 2023. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said; “We have received numerous requests for comments on the interview granted by Malam Mamman Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s…

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Zoning: Afenifere, Ohanaeze, others attack Mamman Daura over 2023 Presidency

Nnia Nwodo, the President-General of Igbo apex socio-political group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has reacted to statement attributed to Mallam Mamman Daura, President Muhammadu Buhari’s cousin, and a person considered to be the head of the presidential ‘cabal.’ Mamman Daura   in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service was quoted to have said that the election of the president in 2023 should not be based on zoning but on competence. According to him, the zoning formula which had been adopted since 1999 in the election of the country’s leader, has failed. However,…

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