Whether the APC picks Tinubu Osinbajo or Ekiti state governor Kayode Fayemi the three frontrunners so far the party will run a strong campaign against the opposition PDP whose candidate is likely to come from the north...

But he is less popular with state governors than other contenders such as Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and Ekiti State governor Kayode Fayemi who also chairs the Nigeria Governors' Forum...

Other party chieftains like Osinbajo and governors Kayode Fayemi and Nasir el-Rufai of Ekiti and Kaduna respectively seen as possible successors to Buhari have been noticeably silent despite having previously clamoured for restructuring...

Kayode Fayemi Governor of Ekiti State and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors' Forum is a popular contender; politically astute and trusted by Buhari...

Ekiti State governor Kayode Fayemi chairs a meeting of the 36 State Governors which agrees on local investigations into police brutality and to set up compensation funds...

The election was also a proxy battle between Kayode Fayemi and Seyi Makinde governors of the neighbouring states of Ekiti and Oyo respectively...

Governors of the six South West states led by Ekiti governor Kayode Fayemi of the APC and PDP's Seyi Makinde in Oyo have acted as concern mounted about the military and police capacity to head off a new wave of attacks and criminality...

Kayode Fayemi of Ado Ekiti state (APC): As the activist chairman of the Nigerian Governors' Forum Fayemi has become a national figure...

They include: Atiku Bagudu the Kebbi State governor who has been working closely with Kayode Fayemi Chairman of the Governor's Forum and Governor of Ekiti State; Rauf Aregbesola Minister of Interior; Babatunde Fashola Minister for Works and Housing; and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo...

The frontrunners from the south-west are: Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; national leader of the APC Bola Tinubu; Chairman of the governors' forum Kayode Fayemi; and as a long shot Buhari's running mate of a decade ago Reverend Tunde Bakare...