2023 presidency: APC may reject zoning, throw race open to all regions
- The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) might likely throw its doors open for all zones ahead of the 2023 presidency
- According to a top leader of the APC, the party was still considering options that could make it retain the presidency in 2023
- Going further, he said the party can retain the present arrangement by retaining a northern chairman
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There are strong indications that the All Progressives Congress is in a dilemma over the zoning of the 2023 presidency.
Sunday that although the party was looking southwards to pick its presidential candidate, there was a strong possibility that it could still throw the race open for both northern and southern aspirants.
A top leader of the APC, who confided in one of our correspondents, said the party was still considering options that could make it retain the presidency in 2023.
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The party leader said:
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“Although from all indications, the next chairman will come from the North, that will not stop interested northerners from vying for the APC presidential ticket. We have competent aspirants in the North and the South. We have not made up our minds, but we will go for the best, who will help us retain the presidency in 2023.”
“If the chairman and the President come from the North, the worst the party can do is to give the chairman a political appointment and allow his deputy, who will be a southerner to step in. Also, we can retain the present arrangement by retaining a northern chairman and picking our presidential candidate from the south.
It was, however, learnt that chieftains of the APC, who were pushing for a president from the South were insisting that the party could not turn around to zone Presidency to the North after the same region had produced the chairman of the party.
International consultations: Photos emerge as UK APC chapter visits Tinubu in London
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that the United Kingdom (UK) chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) paid a visit to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the party and presidential aspirant, in London.
The visit comes two days after Tinubu arrived London. Tunde Rahman, Tinubu's media aide, had said the former Lagos governor is in the UK for meetings and consultations.
Legit.ng recalls that Tinubu recently declared his interest to contest for the 2023 presidency after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.
He had described his bid to vie for the presidency as a “lifelong ambition”.
Tinubu or Osinbajo? Ex-Northern Governor Reveals APC's Best Presidential Candidate in the South ahead of 2023
The executive director of the Platform for Youth and Women Development (PAYWDEV), Kingdom Ogoegbunam, says the former governor of Niger state, Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, informed him "there is God's hands" on Nigeria's vice president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo.
Ogoegbunam in a statement sent to Legit.ng on Thursday, January 20, added that the former Niger governor also told him that Osinbajo is the best person the All Progressives Congress (APC) should field as its presidential candidate if the ruling party zones its ticket to the south.
The director of PAYWDEV said:
"On my visit to thank the former Governor for his immense support and contributions towards my Organizations Independence Day event and for Chairing the event, in our conversation I asked the Governor:
Source: Legit.ng
