{"id":93492,"date":"2022-04-01T15:09:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T14:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=93492"},"modified":"2022-04-01T15:09:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T14:09:09","slug":"2023-what-ibb-told-saraki-tambuwal-bala-mohammed-about-nigerias-next-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/2023-what-ibb-told-saraki-tambuwal-bala-mohammed-about-nigerias-next-president\/","title":{"rendered":"2023: What IBB told Saraki, Tambuwal, Bala Mohammed about Nigeria\u2019s next President"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Former military Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida has told former Senate President Bukola Saraki and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal that those aspiring for the presidency must put the country above other interests in everything they do.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Babangida gave the counsel when Saraki, Tambuwal and Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, paid him a courtesy visit at his Hilltop residence in Minna, Niger State on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour belief in having a better Nigeria featured very prominently. You made my day. What you talked about is Nigeria, Nigeria, Nigeria,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want you to keep it up, for the benefit of this country and generations yet unborn,\u201d Babangida said in reaction to the comments from the former Senate President and ex-Governor of Kwara State who led the three-man delegation.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cI want you to keep it up, for the benefit of this country and generations yet unborn. What you are doing is good, this is how the country should develop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Babangida said he would only support candidates who stay focused on ideas that would promote Nigeria at all costs and make it a secure place.<\/p>\n<p>Tambuwal, Saraki and Bala Mohammed are among the top members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, queuing up for the sole presidential ticket of the main opposition party.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nTop figures such as former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike have also declared their separate interests to run for the presidency under the PDP.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former military Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida has told former Senate President Bukola Saraki and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal that those aspiring for the presidency must put&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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