A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Jimoh
Babafemi, has said the party will record a landslide victory, judging by
Tinubu’s accomplishments and leadership capacity in the 2023 presidential
election.
Babafemi said this during a chat with journalists over the
weekend in Lagos.
According to him, the massive support being enjoyed by the
party was a pointer to its victory in the 2023 general election.
The presidential candidate of the party, Bola Tinubu, he noted had a track record of unprecedented accomplishments during his days as the Lagos State governor to show for his bid to succeed the President, Major General Muhamadu Buhari (retd.), stating that Tinubu was the most acceptable among the presidential candidates for 2023, having built bridges across the country’s geo-political zones as well as building people.
“Tinubu has built an empire out of many Nigerians who
crossed paths with him ever since his foray into public office and these
accomplishments would count for him in 2023.
“He has paid his dues as a democrat and leader. Tinubu is
running against Tinubu because these Nigerians and many others who believe in
his vision for a better Nigeria, are today mostly his foot soldiers,
campaigning for him across the federation,” Babafemi said.
He lamented that all presidential aspirants and their
supporters that contested and lost the party’s ticket to Bola Tinubu had gone
cold except those that campaigned for the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and his
supporters.
He listed the Lawan supporters to include the Chief Whip of
the Senate, Senator Orji Kalu, Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, Senator
Sani Musa, Senator Jubril Barau, and Femi Fani-Kayode among others.
Babafemi expressed his displeasure over the attitudes of
some party chieftains who he said are still not happy with Tinubu’s emergence
at the presidential primary and commended Lawan and the group for their efforts
in campaigning and mobilising for Tinubu.
“They are working hard for Tinubu and the APC like they are
doing it for Lawan. These people are patriotic chieftains of the APC. Others
have suddenly gone cold after losing the primary. They are non-committal to the
presidential ambition of Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“The current Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige,
on national television even refused to openly endorse Tinubu. We have not heard
from Amaechi’s people, Osinbajo’s team and so many others.
“They suddenly went cold without doing much. I sincerely
commend distinguished Senator Ahmad Lawan and his group for showing and proving
to be solid party chieftains by spearheading the campaign of Bola Ahmed Tinubu
across Nigeria,” he said.
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