Senator Kashim Shettima has said the national leader of the
All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu must be given a choice of
first refusal as the 2023 presidential election approaches.
Shettima who was a former Governor of Borno State stated
this, Monday while delivering a keynote address at the Support Group Conference
in Abuja.
The former governor said it was commonsense for the
presidency to return to the south after eight years of President Muhammadu
Buhari.
He added that “in 2015, some aspirants with a very huge war
chest were itching to cling the ticket of the APC, like the rock of Gibraltar.
Asiwaju and his progressive team stood solidly behind the candidate of
President Muhamadu Buhari. My simple question distinguished ladies and
gentlemen is, where were the new members of what I call: ‘The Buhari’s Church
of Later Days Saints’ where were they. We knew where their political loyalty
lay in that particular convention when President Muhamadu emerged as the
presidential candidate of the APC. Where were they?
“Some people say everything goes in politics, not everything
goes in politics. We shall have minimal thresholds below which we won’t operate
and the irreducible minimum is that after eight years of Presidency in the
North, the logic, common sense, equity, justice and fairness demands that power
should move to the Southern part of the country and who is better qualified?
Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu should be given the choice of first refusal. More
than any other person, he has sacrificed more for this democracy, for the APC.”
Shettima added that the mudslinging that has trailed Tinubu
since his presidential bid was a mere acknowledgement of his political track
record and inimitable influence on the political scene.
He pointed out that attempts at weaving ridiculous fiction
to override the history witnessed by all, demonstrated the detractors’ utter
desperation and cowardice.
He said he was not asking Tinubu’s critics to tone down
critical assessments of their future leaders, but added that they are not
preparing for the Olympics, nor is the president a Bricklaying exercise.
He said Tinubu’s credentials aren’t only appealing, they are
proof of the qualities the country needs to redeem its vast potentials and
possibilities.
Shettima noted, “One of such is the mischievous fixation on
his age and the wild conclusions that he’s physically unsuitable for the Office
of the President. This obsession characterizes the thinking of those who have
no understanding of Asiwaju’s incredible work ethic.
“Those who seek to make us go low hope to present the
presidency as a brick-laying exercise. But that’s the work of a machine created
by an idea, and who else to guide us towards manufacturing the best ideas to
redeem this country?
“To derail us at this point is a futile ambition. The
conversations we are prepared for aren’t pedestrian obsessions with the mundane
but comparisons of ideas and track records of service to the nation.”
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