After months of speculations, Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, Thursday officially declared he would run for governor in his native Kebbi State.
Mr Malami made the announcement at the presidential lodge in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital, during a factional APC’s stakeholders’ meeting attended by the state governor, Atiku Bagudu.
He said he accepted and decided to run for the position following calls from the people of the state for him to run.
NAN reported Mr Malami saying that “Since you want me to contest the governorship position of the state, I hereby accept your demand since you want me to do so,” he said.
“People from the state have been pressurising me to contest the governorship position in 2023.
“Going by my proper upbringing as the son of an Islamic teacher, I will not show interest to contest for any position or judge myself qualify for any position except the people of the state want me…
