Khadija Abdullahi-Iya, the running mate of the presidential candidate of the Alliance for New Nigeria, Fela Durotoye, on Thursday said she had never thought she would run for a political office.

Abdullahi-Iya said this in an interview with our correspondent.

She said she did not contemplate contesting for political office because she did not see herself as a politician.

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She said she, however, changed her mind when her husband and others prevailed on her to give it a trial.

She said,

“I couldn’t resist the offer when my husband and everyone dear to me urged me to give it a trial.

“Also, when I went for the ANN’s retreat in Abuja, I saw that all the candidates that presented themselves were doing something for their communities.

“I could resonate to all they were saying and I felt I was among people who shared the same vision as me. I felt at home at the retreat. I felt everyone there was an intellectual, and I could feel the passion in the room. Everyone wanted to do something for the country.”

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