2023 Presidency: APC opens up on Tinubu’s chances

The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Thursday, opened up on the chances of Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, emerging as its presidential candidate in 2023.

Tinubu, who was the Lagos State Governor between 1999 and 2007.

Ex-Deputy National Publicity Secretary of APC, Yekini Nabena, said Tinubu’s chances are dependent on his alliances with party stakeholders from other zones in the country.

Speaking with Daily Post, Nabena said: “I don’t know or tell how strong Tinubu’s chances are because politics is all about alliance.

“It depends on who he is aligning with and his alibi.

“A tree cannot make a forest, you can be strong in a particular state but what about others.

“However, politics is all about numbers, so i can’t say much about anybody’s chances.

“No matter the zone you are from you still need to work with other zones because it’s the people that will count.”

Meanwhile, former and current Speakers of State Houses of Assembly in the South West on Thursday threw their weight behind the projected presidential ambition of Tinubu.

They made their stand known during a meeting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

The participants concluding that they all need to collectively project Tinubu ahead of 2023.

Our correspondent reports that no fewer than twenty current and past Speakers in the States’ Assemblies in the region attended the meeting on Wednesday.

Those in attendance at the meeting include Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa of Lagos, his Ogun state counterpart, Olawale Oluomo.

Others speakers and former speakers present at the meeting also include; former speaker Adeyemi Ikuforiji (Lagos), Rt. Hon. Suraju Adekunbi (Ogun), Rt. Hon. Muyiwa Oladipo (Ogun), Rt. Hon. Asimiyu Alarape (Oyo), Rt. Hon. Prof Mojeed Alabi (Osun), Rt. Hon. Victor Olabimtan (Ondo), Rt. Hon. Kenneth Olawale (Ondo), and Rt. Hon. Kola Adefemi, pioneer Speaker of Ekiti state.

Others are; Rt. Hon. Taofiq Abdulsalam (Ondo), Rt. Hon. Oluwasegunota Bolarinwa (Ondo), Rt. Hon. Patrick Ajigbolamu (Ekiti), Rt. Hon. Adejare Bello (Osun), Rt. Hon. Jokotola Pelumi (Lagos), Rt. Hon. Gunju Ojo (Oyo), Rt. Hon. Titi Oseni (Ogun), Simeon Olufemi Popoola (Ondo deputy speaker), and Wale Afolabi.

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