{"id":3229,"date":"2021-03-08T08:38:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T07:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=3229"},"modified":"2021-03-08T08:38:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T07:38:06","slug":"2023-presidency-no-zoning-in-apc-yahaya-bello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/08\/2023-presidency-no-zoning-in-apc-yahaya-bello\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 presidency: No zoning in APC \u2013 Yahaya Bello"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has denied reports that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had a zoning arrangement ahead of the 2023 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Yahaya Bello made this known while speaking to newsmen in Abuja at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State had said that the southern region of the country should be allowed to produce the next president of Nigeria in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The governor joined his Kaduna counterpart, Governor Nasir El-Rufai and other prominent northern politicians who had made similar calls in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>But speaking to reporters in Abuja over the weekend, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/06\/yahaya-bello-discloses-why-he-will-not-negotiate-with-bandits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yahaya Bello<\/a> said anyone from any zone was free to contest for presidency in 2023, as there was no zoning arrangement in the APC.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThere is nothing like zoning in our party. In 2015, there was no zoning; many aspirants, including former governor Rochas Okorocha contested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2019, there was no zoning; people in APC were not courageous enough to contest with President Muhammadu Buhari.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he is interested in the 2023 presidency, Bello said: \u201cIf it\u2019s the will of God for me to become president in this country at the right time, I will be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Kogi governor reiterated that he would defeat any candidate he decides to contest against for the 2023 presidency with a record-breaking vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will record a vote that has never been recorded in Nigeria by the grace of God. But that\u2019s not the issue right now; the issue is there must be Nigeria before we talk of 2023,\u201d the governor added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has denied reports that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had a zoning arrangement ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Yahaya Bello made this known while speaking to newsmen in Abuja at the weekend. 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