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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, has revealed he asked the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, to allow him run for President since he is already old and tired.<\/p>\n

Mohammed made the revelation while receiving the report of a Contact and Consultation Committee which he established for his presidential ambition, at the Old Banquet Hall of the Government House, Bauchi.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cOne of my brothers, a formidable and astute politician, Matawalle Sokoto (Aminu Tambuwal) did it before, so we are going to also test it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no need for us to be greedy; of course, my presidency will not cause division. You can see that at the heat of the time that my elder brother, Malam Adamu was going around, we invited our elder statesman, the one that we respect so much, the Waziri Adamawa (Atiku Abubakar), we named a road after him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe invited him to Bauchi and we interacted and I told him that in this game, I know he\u2019s the most senior, he\u2019s very qualified but because of his age and fatigue that he has suffered so much for Nigeria, he should allow his younger brother to be his spare tyre not to take over just like that. But if Nigerians prefer him, I will support him. I am not too desperate but he should know that Nigerians like me too. And whatever he wants, I will do it for him, so this is our agreement, he has the highest respect from me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, has revealed he asked the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, to allow him run for President since he is already old and tired. 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