Former Governor of Ogun State Ibikunle Amosun yesterday said the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is God’s answer to the prayers of the Southwest.
Amosun said his quest for the presidency was driven more by the clamour for power to return to the Southwest and less of personal ambition. ‘This informed why I wasted no time in stepping down for Tinubu during the primary’, he noted.
The Senator, who represents Ogun Central, addressed his supporters from the 20 local government areas who gathered at the Alake palace arcade in Abeokuta, to welcome him.
He said: “I want to be President of Nigeria but my wanting to be president is just 20 per cent, and 80 per cent of it is that the presidency should come to the Southwest. Lo and behold, almighty God has answered that prayer.
“You sent me to Abuja to go and work for us, I told them when I addressed them why I wanted to be president of Nigeria. But my wanting to be president of Nigeria cannot supersede the interest of all of us in Nigeria, all of us in the South, all of us in the Southwest.
“It got to a point that our brother governors from the North were even rooting for the presidency to come to the South. Therefore, if we want the presidency to come to the south, all of us must find a way to unite, drop all these personal ambitions for the overall interest of all of us in the South, and particularly the Southwest.” Continue Reading
