A former Governor of Zamfara, Ahmed Yerima, on Friday, revealed how he was asked to drop his presidential ambition for Muhammadu Buhari before the 2007 elections.
Yerima claimed that ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo begged a former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, to persuade him against running for the election.
The former Governor revealed this during a Channels TV’s programme titled “Inside Sources”, which was hosted by Laolu Akande, the former spokesperson of ex-Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo.
Speaking during the interview, Yerima said before the ANPP’s national convention, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) agreed that Buhari should become the sole presidential candidate of the north and that other contestants in the region should step down.
The former governor said he was approached by the forum to step down, adding that he told them that he would think about it.
Yerima said he dropped his ambition after Babangida requested him to step down for Buhari.
He said,…