Tinubu Vows To Succeed Buhari As Fayemi Says Presidency Not For The Richest

• Tinubu Says He Doesn’t Know Where Presidential Aspirants Are Running To But He’s Going To Aso Rock

• Fayemi Insists Presidency Not For Highest Bidder

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that while billionaire Bola Tinubu is expressing the optimism of winning the 2023 presidential election, Governor Kayode Fayemi has argued that the Nigerian presidency doesn’t go to the highest bidder.

Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor and leader of the APC met yesterday with the delegates of his party in Kaduna State led by Governor Nasir el-Rufai at the Murtala Square in the state capital. While expressing confidence that he will clinch the APC ticket, Tinubu urged the party’s delegates in Kaduna to support his presidential bid.

Stressing that he was not oblivious of the many aspirants for the presidential ticket of the APC, he advised the Kaduna delegates to follow him because he knows the route to the Aso Rock Presidential Villa.

The APC national leader, amid applause from the delegates, said: “Some may be running, I don’t know where they are running to; but for me, I am going to the Villa and I will be there, insha Allah.”

Meanwhile, another APC presidential aspirant, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, said the presidency is not reserved for the richest among the citizenry.

Speaking after being endorsed by Governor Muhammad Yahaya of Gombe State for the exalted seat, Fayemi cited the backgrounds of all those that had administered the country to buttress his assertions.

He admitted not being the richest among the aspirants, but boasted of the wherewithal to take the country to greater heights, if voted into office in the 2023 election.

“History has shown us that the richest or children of the richest had never ruled Nigeria. Tafawa Balewa was a teacher, Shehu Shagari was a headmaster, Olusegun was Obasanjo broke when he left prison and Umaru Yar’Adua was a university teacher.

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“Goodluck Jonathan had no shoes and, of course, we know the background of our current president. What Nigeria needs are education, capacity, energy and experience, which I have in abundance,” Fayemi said.

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