Following the interest shown by
some individuals to become the country’s president in 2023, a chieftain of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) Adamu Kuta, has criticised the party National
Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, for saying he is under pressure to contest after
President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2nd term in office which begins on May 29.
Kuta, a former member of the
House of Representatives from Niger State made the statement on Tuesday, in
Minna.
He acknowledged that Tinubu has
contributed greatly to the success of APC, but he is not fit to be the
president of Nigeria.
“I like Tinubu as a person and he
has contributed immensely to the success of our party, but honestly he is not
the kind of president Nigeria needs in 2023.
“Nigerians need someone that can
continue with the achievements and the foundation that Buhari has laid.
“We want someone that can
continue from where Buhari will stop in 2023.”
The APC chieftain dismissed
insinuations that in view of the current crisis in the ruling party, there
might not be an APC after Buhari in 2023.
“Crisis is not new in party
politics and every political party has its own share of the crisis.
“It is the good work of Buhari in
the next four years that will determine whether or not the party can last
beyond 2023. But the good work Buhari is doing now, there is no doubt that the
party will win the 2023 election,” he said.
He further said that any zone can
produce the president in 2023, noting that the Nigerian constitution does not
recognise zoning of political offices.
“The last general election had
presidential candidates from every region of the country and nobody stopped
them because the constitution recognises them.
“So every region has the
constitutional right to field candidates for any elective position in the
country.
“Our focus should be how to get a
credible candidate that will take over from Buhari in 2023, regardless of the
region the person will come from. We want the best for the country.”
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