The rumor on the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023 is generating controversy as some party leaders have said that he is too frail for the job.
An APC Chieftain in Lafia, Nasarawa State, Alhaji Isah Danladi told Zamfara reporters that the former Lagos State governor “represents a recycling process that has left the country in ruins.”
He noted that Tinubu is “no better than Buhari. In societies with conscience, his type should be concerned with leaving a good legacy as a statesman who contributing in stabilizing our democracy.
Through wide consultations he built a strong and virile party that was able to oust a running party from power.
That should be his legacy not this infantile craze to grasp power which I think is self serving.”
On his part, outspoken APC leader and social commentator, Dr Garus Gololo said “these people are jokers. You mean to say that a group of persons will gather themselves and in clear conscience seek to encourage an obviously weak and tired fellow to run for the presidency.
Haba! Are we that unserious in this country. This is a man that just returned from the sick bed. And he is still nursing whatever ailment befell him.”
Gololo opined “that making Tinubu Nigeria’s president is same as given Buhari another term in office. Both men are sick and weak.”
“How many times has Buhari left the country on medicals abroad? More than five times. And we want to bring another like him,” he added.
This is as he called on the APC leadership to give the mandate to a young and vibrant leader, who is business oriented and also age wise should be less than Seventy Years of Age”.
Dr Gololo equally disclosed the readiness of some party members to move to other political parties “if APC as much as contemplates giving Tinubu the opportunity to vie for the presidency.”
An APC youth leader in Kaduna State, Mallam Abdulazeez Ayinfa told Zamfara reporters that “giving Tinubu the party’s Presidential ticket for 2023 is similar to nailing the coffin In its victory at the polls. It may not augur well for the party,” he lamented.
