, Ameachi, Others
From Segun Babatunde in Bauchi
Having lost their bid to clinch the presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Ameachi and others have been urged to join hands with the winner of the primaries, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The call was made by Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 8th National Assembly, Hon Yakubu Dogara who described the emergence of Bola Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the APC as the beginning of good things to happen in Nigeria.
Dogara stressed the need for a forming a formidable team with the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Sen Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the 2023 General elections.
A statement from his media Aide, Hassan Turaki made available to newsmen Thursday said that, “I urge all aspirants to close ranks and form a formidable force ahead of the 2023 general elections. This is the surest way to victory for the APC” .
Dogara therefore appealed to all the contestants with Bola Tinubu not to see their inability to win as a failure but as a game where only one person will emerge tops stressing that it was just a family affair.
He expressed confidence that with Bola Tinubu as the presidential candidate of the APC, victory is sure in the 2023 General elections because according to him, “Asiwsju has a very large political followership across the country, he is a bridge builder”
He also congratulated “my Leader, His Excellency, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Asiwaju, the Jagaban Borgu, on this historic victory and emergence as the standard flag-bearer of our great political party, the APC” .
The former House Speaker is one of the frontline politicians in the country who supported and campaigned for the emergence of Asiwaju as the APC presidential candidate.