…Consults Ogun monarchs on presidential bid
The former Lagos State governor and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said that Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora have the democratic power to determine who becomes the next president in the 2023 general election and not the sitting President, Muhammadu Buhari.
Tinubu, who shared the conversation he had with President Muhammadu Buhari on his presidential bid ahead of 2023 when he visited the Presidential Villa last January to inform the President of his intention to run for Presidency, said, “I told the president I want to replace you and I don’t want to offend you. I told the president that I want to step in his shoes, but not step on his toes.
“I told him that: ‘As the number one citizen, I should start my presidential bid by informing you first’, and he (Buhari) told me to inform the whole world, and I have done that”.
While speaking at the
…Consults Ogun monarchs on presidential bid
The former Lagos State governor and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said that Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora have the democratic power to determine who becomes the next president in the 2023 general election and not the sitting President, Muhammadu Buhari.
Tinubu, who shared the conversation he had with President Muhammadu Buhari on his presidential bid ahead of 2023 when he visited the Presidential Villa last January to inform the President of his intention to run for Presidency, said, “I told the president I want to replace you and I don’t want to offend you. I told the president that I want to step in his shoes, but not step on his toes.
“I told him that: ‘As the number one citizen, I should start my presidential bid by informing you first’, and he (Buhari) told me to inform the whole world, and I have done that”.
While speaking at the Alake’s Palace in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Saturday, having met with Oba Sikiru Adetona, the Awujale of Ijebuland and Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, the Alake of Egbaland in Abeokuta, the Asiwaju noted that the directive of President Buhari to him to announce his presidential bid prompted him to begin consultations with those that matter in the country.
The former Lagos State governor said he had visited Awujale in Ijebu-Ode and was in Abeokuta to consult the Alake of Egbaland, saying the rationale behind informing President Buhari of his interest in contesting to become Nigeria’s president was strictly borne out of the passion to uphold mutual respect, not to create bad blood between him and Buhari because he did not want to offend him by ‘pulling the carpet from his feet’.
Recalling that he had once served as a senator at a younger age, governed Lagos State for two-term and was actively involved in Nigeria’s return to civil rule in 1999, Tinubu declared his intention to become President of Nigeria, adding that he had embarked on the consultations and visits to people that matter in the country, including traditional rulers, chiefs and others.
Responding, the Alake, who prayed for the APC national leader on his desired goal of ruling Nigeria in 2023, also expressed the optimism that Nigeria will be much better under Tinubu’s presidency than what it is at present.
Palace in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Saturday, having met with Oba Sikiru Adetona, the Awujale of Ijebuland and Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, the Alake of Egbaland in Abeokuta, the Asiwaju noted that the directive of President Buhari to him to announce his presidential bid prompted him to begin consultations with those that matter in the country.
The former Lagos State governor said he had visited Awujale in Ijebu-Ode and was in Abeokuta to consult the Alake of Egbaland, saying the rationale behind informing President Buhari of his interest in contesting to become Nigeria’s president was strictly borne out of the passion to uphold mutual respect, not to create bad blood between him and Buhari because he did not want to offend him by ‘pulling the carpet from his feet’.
Recalling that he had once served as a senator at a younger age, governed Lagos State for two-term and was actively involved in Nigeria’s return to civil rule in 1999, Tinubu declared his intention to become President of Nigeria, adding that he had embarked on the consultations and visits to people that matter in the country, including traditional rulers, chiefs and others.
Responding, the Alake, who prayed for the APC national leader on his desired goal of ruling Nigeria in 2023, also expressed the optimism that Nigeria will be much better under Tinubu’s presidency than what it is at present.
