That did not stop contenders such as Bola Ahmed Tinubu from rushing to the Presidential Villa at Aso Rock to announce his presidential ambitions to Buhari in front of a phalanx of television cameras...
The first name on that list is Bola Ahmed Tinubu elected as one of Lagos's three senators in 1993 then emerging as an activist in the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) that challenged Babangida's successor Gen Sani Abacha as he stepped up repression and grand corruption...
This has left the door open for APC national leader Bola Ahmed Tinubu who has the money name recognition and grassroots organisation to kickstart his presidential campaign (AC Vol 62 No 25 Tinubu fights for his legacy)...
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Bola Tinubu former governor of Lagos who is seeking the APC presidential nomination would have benefited from direct primaries...
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Earlier this year Bola Tinubu the billionaire national leader of the ruling party spent weeks away in London recovering from knee surgery by undergoing 'rigorous post-surgery physiotherapy' as a statement from his office put it...
That could derail the chances of the south-west's political godfather Bola Tinubu in the race for the presidency in 2023...
Sanwo-Olu's opponents claim he is fronting for the interests of Bola Tinubu a billionaire and former governor of Lagos who is planning to run for the presidency in 2023...
However since Buhari's election Lagos has been quiescent so the current push is perceived as a primer for APC leader Bola Tinubu's planned presidential campaign for the 2023 elections given that the septuagenarian has always been keen to position himself as a progressive alternative...
Like much else in the party the chairmanship fight is pitting northern officials against their southern counterparts many of whom back the campaign of Bola Tinubu former governor of Lagos for the presidency in 2023...
The APC faction backing Buni a close ally of Attorney General Abubakar Malami is being challenged by supporters of ex-governor of Lagos and political godfather par excellence Bola Tinubu...