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...
For the last two decades the shadow of the Jagaban Bola Ahmed Tinubu has loomed large in the state first as governor in his own right then as sponsor of governors and now as national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress...
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In more defensive mode will be Bola Tinubu former Governor of Lagos State founding father of the ruling All Progressives' Congress and billionaire businessman (AC Vol 61 No 17 All power to the governors)...
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As Buhari's second term hits its mid-point in June jockeying for the succession within the governing All Progressives' Congress will intensify with three candidates from the south-west in the frame: Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo Ekiti State governor and chairman of the Governors' Forum Kayode Fayemi and former governor of Lagos State Bola Tinubu...
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