This sets up a clash with some of the leading barons in the party who are backing ex-governor of Lagos and consummate political deal-maker Bola Ahmed Tinubu Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi and those some of whom are close to Buhari who are backing an unorthodox campaign by central bank governor Godwin Emefiele for the party nomination...

Here Osinbajo might benefit from the weaknesses of his main rivals: Bola Tinubu Rotimi Amaechi and Godwin Emefiele...

They reserve a particular contempt for the campaign of the former governor of Lagos State Bola Ahmed Tinubu...

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)...

Bola Tinubu former governor of Lagos who is seeking the APC presidential nomination would have benefited from direct primaries...

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...