Senate presidet, Lawan joins presidential race, purchases N100m nomination forms

Yusuf Bello| Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has joined the growing number of politicians jostling for the country’s number one job in 2023.

Lawan declared his intention to contest the presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday in Abuja while receiving the N100 million APC nomination and expression of interest forms presented to him by a political group, National Stability Project, led by Chief Sam Nkire.

The Senate President said he had listened to various calls countrywide asking him to contest the office of the president and that he was ready to commit himself to the calls.

While admitting he was joining the race, saturated with aspirants very late, he, however, assured Nigerians that he would play the game by the rules.

“I want to commit myself to this call from all walks of life. This is not my journey. This is our journey because every hand must be on deck to take the country to the next level,” he said.

“I will play the games by the rule. I will not circumvent any rule. I will not go against our party rules.