The speculated interest of Brigadier General Buba Marwa (rtd) in Nigeria’s presidency was confirmed Wednesday when the former Military Administrator of Lagos State formally declared his intention to vie for the nation’s number one seat next year on the platform of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Marwa’s entry into the presidental race, which has been on the drawing board in the last two years, is coming on the heels of reported declaration by Vice President Atiku Abubakar to also run the race next year.
Making his declaration Wednesday in Abuja at a well attended press briefing, Marwa stated that after due consultations over the last two years, he has decided “to state unequivocally, directly, categorically and unambiguously that I will vie for the nomination of my great party, the PDP, to contest for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
Flanked at the briefing by the National Vice Chairman of the PDP in the North East, Senator Paul Wampana and the Chairman of PDP in Adamawa State, Chief Joel Madaki, the former military administrator explained that “I have extensively and purposively toured this country to appraise the socio-economic needs, problems and aspirations of our peoples. Simultaneously, I consulted with local and national opinion leaders and intellectuals on my findings and observations. Consequently I was convinced that I should serve, if and when the time is ripe and appropriate.”
“That time has come and I have chosen this present day and the present circumstances to publicly offer myself for service for the greater good of the fatherland, the prosperity of our people and the realisation of the noble sentiments and abiding vision and ideals of our founding fathers and our present day heroes,” he added.
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