2023: Nothing will stop Tinubu from clinching APC presidential ticket – Ex-Minister

The National Chairman of South West Agenda for 2023, Senator Dayo Adeyeye, has stated that nothing will stop the National leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, from clinching the presidential ticket of the APC.

He stated this while speaking in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday during the official launching of the South West Agenda (SWAGA) 2023, a political platform backing the presidential ambition of Tinubu.

Adeyeye, a former Minister of Works, stated that Bola Tinubu would grab the APC ticket of the ruling party zone it to the South in 2023.

According to him, the former Lagos State governor remains the best and the right man to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari based on his experience and political networks.

He also warned APC leaders to respect the zoning of presidency to the South in 2023, as a mark of respect for the silent agreement within the party at inception in 2014.

According to him, the former Lagos State governor has contributed in no small measure to the development of the country and Ekiti State, saying, “Tinubu has helped a lot of people in this country, including Ekiti State and if the present government of Dr Kayode Fayemi is sincere and grateful, they will know Tinubu contributed to how they got to the office.”

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Adeyeye who launched the group at the event in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital said, “If the ticket comes to the South, the fact that the Southwest had produced the president before won’t prevent the Yoruba race from getting the APC ticket.

“You could all remember that the late President Umaru Yar’Adua was from Katsina State and when the ticket went back to the North in 2015, they picked President Muhammadu Buhari from Katsina, they didn’t say his state has produced president before.

“What we need in Nigeria is someone like Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who knows everybody. Someone who has planted and nurtured people across all the zones. Someone, who believes in making stars to unite Nigeria.”

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Also, a former Senator representing Ekiti South Senatorial District and chairman of the group in the state, Senator Tony Adeniyi, alleged that members of SWAGA in Ekiti were being harassed and intimidated by APC members loyal to Governor Fayemi , saying the embarrassment must stop in the interest of APC.

“Before SWAGA was formed, we had ‘Tokan Tokan’ and original ‘JKF’, which are outfits loyal to Governor Fayemi. 

“Is it an offence to associate with one of the foremost Nigerians like Tinubu? We are being treated here in Ekiti like orphans in the Sahara desert. We are being intimated and harassed by people who had contributed nothing to APC.” 

On his part, a former senator that represented Oyo South, Senator Adesoji Akanbi commended residents of the state for identifying with the project, noting that everything possible would be done to ensure the success of Tinubu in 2023.

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