A former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, one of the 15 presidential aspirants in the Peoples Democratic Party, says he is the best person to rule Nigeria from 2023.
His experiences as a former senate president and two-term governor of Kwara State are some of the reasons that convince him he can not only win next year’s presidential poll but also run the country better than is being done by President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
This is his second shot at the nation’s highest office. He had contested the PDP presidential primary for the 2019 General Election but lost out to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who is also one of his rivals now.
This time, Mr Saraki says he is confident of emerging as the opposition party’s flag bearer, having convinced party delegates across the country that he has all the qualities they have asked for.
In his official declaration speech on May 12, he promised the rule of law,…