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2019 Elections: Northern Youth Group Unveils 11 Names For Presidency

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Northern Youth Leaders Forum (NYLF) has called on Northern youth to embrace peace and avoid religious and ethnic polarity within the north, TopNaija.ng can confirm.

He said that the quit notice given to the Igbos was ill-advised, ill-timed and uncalled for.

According to The Sun, the group’s leader Comrade Elliot Afiye reiterated its desire to have a Northern President in 2019 with a list of 12 potential candidates.

These include Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, Senator Bala Muhammed, Atiku Abubakar, Tanimu Turaki, Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna State, former Kano State governor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, Governor Ibrahim Shettima of Borno State, and Governor Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari of Zamfara State.

They underlined that their actions were solely in the interest of the nation and nothing else, expressing their desire to pay any sacrifice for the unity of the country.

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