The Governor of Kogi State Mr Yahaya Bello has said that he will soon declare his intention to run for the presidency come 2023 election once the All Progressives Congress (APC) holds it national convention.

Yahaya Bello while addressing journalists in Lokoja, on Wednesday said Nigerians, Nigerian youths and women and people all over the world are calling him to run and build on the achievement of President Muhammadu Buhari and that he will surely answer them immediately after the APC convention.

He said “We are looking forward to the convention of our great party and by the grace of God, I will declare. But we must have a platform to run on and that is the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The party has been built solidly under the leadership of Governor Mai Mala Buni. They have done a great job, we shall conclude the rest in our convention.

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“By the mandate and calling of Nigerians, Nigerian youths and women and people all over the world that are calling me to run and build on the achievement of President Muhammadu Buhari. I will surely answer them immediately after our convention as the case may be,” Bello said.