Barrister Olusegun Bamgbose, Esq., National
Coordinator, Concerned Advocates for Good
Governance (CAGG) has claimed that Bola Tinubu,
the national leader of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) is considering withdrawing from the 2023
presidential race.
Although the former Lagos State Governor has not
made his presidential interest public, there are
strong speculations that he may run for the position
in 2023.
But Bamgbose believes that the cabal running the
current Presidency does not favour the Jagaban of
Lagos, as Tinubu is fondly called, who, according to
him, is now switching to his Plan B which is to
throw his weight behind a popular candidate.
“The battle of who becomes the next President of
Nigeria come 2023, has assumed a new dimension,
as Tinubu considers pulling out of the Presidential
race,” Bamgbose told our correspondent.
“The truth of the matter is that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu
has commenced vast consultation as per his
ambition to be the next President of Nigeria come
2023.
“It’s becoming clearer to him that it may be an
uphill battle for him to win the APC Presidential
ticket, given the stand of the cabals that may not
eventually favor him.
“In order not to be politically stranded and thereby
become irrelevant, he has decided to come up with
his plan B. Plan B is to support a candidate that
will be acceptable to all Nigerians, be it from the
South or the North.
“The APC National leader has come to realize that
his presidential ambition may mark the end of his
political career if he does not play the card well
enough.
“He has come to embrace the reality that his
political fortune can end abruptly, should he make a
wrong decision.
“This has given serious concerns. He considers it a
very big risk to confront the power that be in APC.
No Northerner will be prepared to back Tinubu
against the wish of Buhari.
“The general feeling among the top notchers in APC
is that Tinubu has had enough, having produced the
President and Vice President in 2015.
Theyare not very comfortable with his ambition to take overf fromBuhari.”
