Ahead of Nigeria’s next general elections, the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu has declared that he is ready to get dirty in the struggle to emerge the country’s next President.
The former Lagos State Governor who is a presidential aspirant for the 2023 polls on the platform of APC, made this known on Sunday during a consultation with the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi and the Olubadan-designate, Oba Lekan Balogun, seeking their various blessings.
The Asiwaju pledged that no other contender would intimidate him out of the race, stressing that he is out to be President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor come 2023 and nothing can stop that.
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His words: ‘No amount of intimidation can stop me. I am ready to get dirty. I am out to become President of Nigeria. We are at a crossroads.’
Earlier, the former Lagos State Governor told the Alaafin that it was important for him to seek blessings from the traditional institution before embarking on the journey properly.
He said: ‘I cannot embark on a project of such magnitude without seeking for prayers and cooperation of the traditional rulers.
‘I am here to inform our fathers of my decision to run for the position of the President of this country in 2023. What I need from our highly revered traditional rulers are their prayers and cooperation.’
Meanwhile, the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu had over the weekend asserted that the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu knows the problem of Nigeria like the back of his hand and is in the best position to fix the problems.
Sanwo-Olu made this assertion in Ikeja on Friday during the 17th Edition of the Executive/Legislative Parley, with the theme: ‘Mobilizing Citizens as a Social Capital Towards 2023 General Elections’.
He stated that Tinubu had selflessly given himself to the people of Lagos during his tenure as the governor, and to Nigeria as a whole, and recorded many achievements.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
