Agitation by the Middle-Belt region to produce Nigeria’s next President intensified at the weekend following the endorsement of All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential hopeful, Moses Ayom, by the paramount ruler of Tiv kingdom, Tor Tiv, Professor James Ayatse to contest the office in 2023.
Professor Ayatse who doubles as Chairman, Benue state Council of Traditional Rulers and the entire Council of first class chiefs in Tiv land, gave their ancestral blessings when Ayom was presented to them in Gboko, Benue State, by the Council of Imams and Bishops.
Speaking at the event, the Tor Tiv expressed delight with the actions so far taken by Ayom to drive home the importance of having a President of Middle-Belt extraction in 2023.
This is even as he pledged to avail the aspirant of any legitimate support permissible under the law.
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Ayom, declared interest to vie for the exulted office on January 1st this year is the first after he received support from Interfaith clerics in the middle Middle-Belt includeing the Council of Imams and Bishops.
The Council of Imams and Bishops in presenting the Presidential aspirant to the Tor Tiv and his council extolled the virtues of Ayom, describing him as a youthful, industrious and de-tribalized Nigerian who has proven his mettle through his antecedents in business and nation building efforts.
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Making a case for the Middle-Belt region to produce the next president, the clergies identified the region as the only one that has neither produced a democratically elected President nor a Vice President since 1999.
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