Northern Governor Speaks on 2023 Presidential Candidates, Explains Why His Colleagues in APC Support Tinubu
- All the governors of the All Progressives Congress are in total support of Bola Tinubu, Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state has said
- Governor Sule said no APC governor from the northern part of the country defected from the ruling party to the Peoples Democratic Party
- According to the governor, his colleagues are supporting the former Lagos state governor because they know that a southern should succeed President Muhammadu Buhari
PAY ATTENTION: Click “See First” under the “Following” tab to see Legit.ng News on your Facebook News Feed!
The governor of Nasarawa state, Governor Abdullahi Sule, on Thursday, January 5, said that all governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are in full support of Bola Tinubu's candidacy for president in 2023.
Daily Trust reports that the governor while meeting with Nasarawa state's party officials at the Government House in Lafia debunked the claim that 11 Northern APC governors were secretly meeting with Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Source: UGC
His words:
“These lies are coming from mainly two categories of people. One is the opposition that is doing everything possible to distract us because nobody wants Asiwaju to win this election more than the APC governors from the North.
PAY ATTENTION: Follow us on Instagram - get the most important news directly in your favourite app!
"The reason is when the APC governors from the North realized that we were trying to retain the position in the North, the APC governors rose to the occasion and said no, this position has to go to the South in order for us to be respected as people who believe in Nigeria."
A southern candidate should succeed President Buhari
Sule further describing the claim as untrue and the antics of the opposition and those he referred to as parasites in the government said all the governors are supporting Tinubu because they know that a southern should succeed President Muhammadu Buhari.
He added:
“After Baba (President Muhammadu Buhari) holds this office for eight years with the help of the South, if today we say we still want to hold on to the position, the world will not respect Northerners.
"And that was our only reason. And not everybody was with us on this page but God so kind, we had a President who listens and he listened to us and of course we succeeded and Asiwaju takes the position.”
Trouble in Atiku, Obi's camp as Wike, other G5 governors move to meet with Tinubu in 'the abroad'
Bola Tinubu is set to meet with members of the G-5 governor of the Peoples Democratic Party led by Nyesom Wike of Rivers state.
The meeting between the five governors and Tinubu will take place in one of the European countries.
This was disclosed by a top source within the camp of the former governor of Lagos state, Bola Tinubu.
2023: Peter Obi in trouble as strong Igbo leader disassociates self from ex-governor’s presidential bid
In other news, Peter Obi may face some opposition from his kinsmen ahead of the conduct of the 2023 general election.
Obi, who is the candidate for LP, is one of the leading contenders struggling to succeed Buhari in 2023.
Though he is being loved by youths, some elders and notable people of thought are opposed to his ambition.
Source: Legit.ng
