Sokoto Governor, Aminu Tambuwal has declared his intention to contest for President in 2023 under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The former Speaker of the House of Representatives made the announcement in Sokoto after a stakeholders’ meeting on Monday.

He revealed that his decision was based on calls by the state chapter of the PDP, agreeing to begin a nationwide consultation in the pursuit of his ambition.

“I have listened to our party leaders, women and youths on the call that I should initiate and begin the process of consultations with a view of running and contesting for the President of Nigeria under the banner of our great party,” he said.

Prior to becoming Governor of Sokoto state in 2015, Tambuwal who is a former Speaker of the House of Representatives was a three-term federal lawmaker. He contested for the PDP presidential ticket in 2018 but lost at the October primaries to former Vice President Aatiku Abubakar.