2023: Ranks of APC Presidential Aspirants Swells As Osinbajo, Nnamani, Bakare, Amaechi Pay N100m Forms
The ranks of Presidential aspirants in All Progressive Congress got swollen on Thursday as some of the lead candidates for the presidential Primary such as Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, former President of the Senate, Ken Nnamani , Pastor Tunde Bakare, Rotimi Ameachi, picked their presidential forms in Abuja
The presidential primary of the party takes place on 30th of this month. Romitmi Ameachi who is the Transport Minister of Transportation sent someone to collect on his behalf, while the others Pastor Tunde Bakare and Senate, Ken Nnaman went to picked their presidential forms personally.
The form for Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, was collected on his behalf by the former Kano State Governor, Senator Kabiru Gaya, Coordinator of Osinbajo Support Groups. While collecting the form at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, he stated that he was not worried about the growing number of presidential aspirants.
He said: “Democracy is a game of numbers, every aspirant that is contesting is qualified, but we are saying that, we should look along the line and see who’s the best material and I’m sure if we put them together, all of them together, they will pick Osinbajo as candidate.”
The senator, while speaking on zoning said that the North through Buhari has served two terms and as such, power should rotate to the South.
He stated that the north has served for the president in the country for eight years under the leadership of president Muhammadu Buhari, therefore, the presidency should go to the South and that is why we said the best person to handle this matter is somebody, who has been in the system, if he’s sworn-in today at the Eagles square, by tomorrow morning he can pick up, because he’s already in the system.
Bakare, on his part, said his agenda for the nation was very simple and would be premised on four pillars, which included peace, prosperity, progress and Possibilities.
According to him, with those four pillars, Nigeria would be rebuilt and the hope of many citizens would be rekindled, stating further that everybody would join hands together to make it happen. The cleric stated that no No other nation will fix our nation, it will take Nigerians from all walks of life, within and without and those in the diaspora to join hands together to build our nation.”
On the increasing numbers of Presidential aspirants from the south, he said, God rules in the affairs of men and he gives power to whoever He pleases.
“A southerner is a Nigerian, a northerner is a Nigerian. We trust God that the best, the fittest and the most competent will emerge and the one who truly loves our people especially, the poor will rise to fix our nation, said.
“Many people run in a race but only one person will wear the crown. There is only one seat; whoever wins, the rest of us must rise to support him to rebuild Nigeria, East, West, North or South, Nigeria is our country
