Former governor of Ogun State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Olusegun Osoba, says the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has the right to contest for the nation’s president in 2023.
Osoba, who spoke during a television programme on Tuesday, argued that since the ruling APC had yet to “zero in” on any individual regarding its presidential ticket, Tinubu has the right to continue to aspire for the number one political office in the country.
“Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as an individual has the right to put himself forward, we have not zeroed in on an individual. Zeroing in on any individual will destroy our efforts now but Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has a right to pursue his own agenda,” he said.
The former Ogun State governor also urged the South-West to unite and put its house in order to enable it to achieve success in the 2023 presidential election.
He claimed that a gentleman’s agreement is still subsisting in the APC that the South will produce Nigeria’s president in 2023.
But Osoba noted that though “there is so much noise from the East”, nobody has contacted him or other APC chieftains to show interest in running for president in 2023.
“As an elder in the party, nobody from the South-East has contacted or consulted me to lobby, to even say they are interested,” he said.