Kaduna — Some northern elders in the major opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have urged former governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa to seek the presidency in the coming 2019 general election.
While pre-empting the apex socio-cultural organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), which is yet to declare support for President Muhammadu Buhari's reelection ambition or any other aspirant from the zone, a PDP youth leader from the Northwest told The Guardian that Bafarawa was urged to contest on the party's platform since the elders considered him the only trustworthy politician who can match the incumbent in the region.
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