Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress; and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo are amongst the candidates being considered for consensus by the party ahead of its primaries.
This was revealed by Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum, on Tuesday, June 7, during a phone interview with Channels TV.
According to Lalong, the APC agreed on five candidates; from which to choose a consensus candidate as its presidential candidate in 2023.
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He claimed that the APC’s northern governors and the National Working Committee (NWC) have proposed five candidates from whom the party should choose a consensus candidate.
The other candidates named by Lalong are Kayode Fayemi, Dave Umahi, and Rotimi Amaechi.
Meanwhile, Ayodele Fayose, the former governor of Ekiti State, advised the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) National Leader, Bola Tinubu, on Monday. The former governor’s advise is to tread lightly in his bid for the party’s presidential ticket.
Fayose made this call via an open letter to Tinubu, on Monday, June 6.
The former Ekiti State Governor warned of the dangers that would await him; if he participated in the APC presidential primary scheduled for Tuesday in Abuja.
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Fayose was responding to the reaction that followed Tinubu’s remark; the one about President Muhammadu Buhari in Abeokuta, Ogun State, last week.
He also warned that Tinubu might be subjected to the same treatment meted to the late former Premier of the old Western region, late Chief Obafemi Awolowo. As well as the acknowledged winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, MKO Abiola, from his political allies.
