The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has reportedly withdrawn from the 2023 Kebbi State governorship race.
This is coming same day his Labour and Employment counterpart, Chris Ngige, withdrew from presidential race on the APC platform to remain as Minister.
Malami had in April declared interest in the Kebbi State governorship race.
He also reportedly distributed over 200 exotic cars to party members ahead of the governorship primary in the state.
On Wednesday, he submitted his N50 million nomination form at the International Conference Centre, ICC, in Abuja.
But according to SaharaReporters, several sources close to the minister told the Newspaper Malami withdrew from the race over fear that he may not get the ticket.
There has been a cold political war between the incumbent governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu and the political arrowhead of Kebbi, Senator Adamu Alieru over who succeeds the former.
While Bagudu, who chairs the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), is rooting for Malami as his successor, Aliero, a two-term governor of the state, has Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi as his preferred candidate for the APC governorship ticket.
Two secretariats of the APC now exist in Birnin-Kebbi, the state capital, with two factional state chairmen.
Fearing he may not get the ticket under the current circumstances, Malami was said to have changed his plan and pulled out of the governorship race.
“He (Malami) actually pulled out of the race because he knows he can’t win without being the Attorney-General,” a source told SaharaReporters.
