The 2023 presidential project of former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, got a boost on Thursday with former and incumbent speakers of state houses of assemblies in the South-West endorsing him.
This is, however, coming amidst what his loyalists and supporters see as “mounting opposition” against him within the APC.
The supporters, however, insist that no amount of opposition could stop him from succeeding President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
Reports revealed that Tinubu has not declared interest in the position as he has consistently said the time was not ripe for 2023 politicking.
But several groups have emerged drumming support for him, the latest being current and past speakers of states in the South-West geopolitical zone who met in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital to solicit support for him.
The meeting, it was learnt, was at the instance of the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, who reportedly introduced the Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) Foundation and Movement to the gathering.
He explained that the BAT Foundation was set up to break the shackles of poverty in the society and to create a coordinated humanitarian image for the National leader of APC.
Obasa said while Tinubu has not indicated interest in the presidency, there was the need to deliberate on “this all-important issue on behalf of Tinubu.”
BAT National Coordinator, Ambassador Aliyu Saulawa, said the BAT Movement has a mission to actualise power shift to the South-West and promised to work for Tinubu to clinch the coveted position.
The speakers at the end of the meeting unanimously resolved among others that “Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, being a Yoruba man with the capacity, experience and means should be the candidate to be supported to emerge as the next president of Nigeria”.
Several support organisations have also intensified advocacy and mobilisation for Tinubu 2023 presidency.
