A pro-democracy group, the Northern Alternative Forum, NAF, has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari remained the best presidential candidate from the region ahead of the general 2019 elections.

Addressing newsmen in Abuja, the National Chairman of NAF, Mallam Gidado Ibrahim said no amount of campaign of calumny against the President will stop Buhari from seeking re-election to continue his quest to return the country to path of glory.

Mallam Ibrahim, who said there was no better candidate than President Muhammadu Buhari for now, advised some Northern elements searching for a replacement for Buhari from the region ahead of the 2019 polls to dump the idea.

According to him, “after reviewing the outcome of meetings held recently by the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, and other interest groups in the North, we in Northern Alternative Forum have come to the conclusion that shopping for a credible presidential candidate other than President Muhammad Buhari will only come to a dead end.”