Ohanaeze Asks Tinubu To Forget His 2023 Presidential Ambition

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu

Mixed reactions have greeted the news of the alleged ambition of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to run for the presidency in 2023.

Among such reactions is the one from Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Igbo apex social cultural group, who kicked against the alleged ambition of the APC national leader, Sahara Reporters have reported.

Chuks Ibegbu, the deputy national publicity secretary of the group, made the group’s position known in an interview with reporters on Friday, July 29, in Umuahia, Abia state.

Ibegbu said: “This is the time for him and other Nigerians that made their wealth solely from Nigeria's politics, to pay back to the society what they milked directly and indirectly. I wonder why and how Tinubu could nurse such ambition when the south east and the third leg of Nigeria is yet to occupy the position.

“I laud Tinubu’s courage and efforts to deepen the democratic space from the June 12 days, but it appears diminishing return is now setting in. I think it’s high time for him to help build an equitable and just Nigeria.

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“He should be less controversial and less ambitious, so that, those who cherish his doggedness will not abandon him in the years ahead. Let him listen to the voices of wisdom from Yoruba land. You know our Yoruba brothers are known as arbiters of fairness and justice.”

The Ohanaze's reaction came shortly after Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, a former minister of works, said that Tinubu is the best person to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.

Ogunlewe, who recently dumped the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the APC, said that he will support Tinubu if he runs for the presideny in 2023.