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2023: APC Reacts As Tinubu Informs Buhari Of His Presidential Ambition

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The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the decision of Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the party to inform President Muhammadu Buhari of his presidential ambition was a welcome development.

 

 

Cornelius Ojelabi, the Chairman-elect of the APC in Lagos State, said Tinubu’s move was the right thing to do.

 

In a statement he signed, Ojelabi said the move was a thing Tinubu’s political family had been expecting for long, NAN reports.

 

“Informing the President of his intention is the right thing to do.

 

“Having informed him officially, now he can then intensify his consultations across the country,” he said.

 

Ojelabi noted that Tinubu had paid his dues and no one was more qualified than him to take over leadership at the expiration of Buhari’s tenure in 2023.

 

According to him, the teeming followers of Tinubu and members of the ruling party across the length and breadth of the country and in the Diaspora were elated with the new development

 

The former Lagos State Governor yesterday said he had informed the President of his decision to run for the presidency in 2023.

 

He disclosed this after his meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

 

Tinubu vowed to continue consultations despite informing Buhari of his presidential ambition.

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