Nigeria, July 24 -- A former Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu, has said that no politician currently seeking to inherit former President Muhammadu Buhari's famed 12 million vote-bank possesses the moral character or political credentials to do so.

Mr Okechukwu said this in a statement shared with PREMIUM TIMES.

He said he had earlier asserted this while speaking with journalists after an interdenominational church service in Abuja held in honour of the late former president.

Mr Buhari, who died in a London hospital on 13 July at the age of 82, was buried in his hometown, Daura, Katsina State, two days after.

Since his burial, there has been debate over who among the political gladiators in the North can ...