Nigeria, Jan. 6 -- The presidency on Monday replied popular cleric, Tunde Bakare, who advised President Muhammadu Buhari to pick his successor for the 2023 presidential election.

President Buhari's spokesperson, Femi Adesina, said the president though interested in who would succeed him, "will not pick a successor."

PREMIUM TIMES reported how Mr Bakare on Sunday advised the president to put in place a succession system, saying leaders in countries like China, Singapore and South Africa put in place such succession plans.

"We must also learn from Nelson Mandela who stepped aside after one term, but not without positioning the likes of Thabo Mbeki and Cyril Ramaphosa," Mr Bakare, the Senior Pastor of Latter Rain Assembly said.

"Therefor...