2023: Tinubu, Amaechi, Osinbajo Agree To Support Buhari Presidential Candidate

Governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello has said that all the presidential aspirants in the All Progressives Congress, APC, have agreed to support Buhari consensus candidate.

The governor explained that all the hopefuls including Bola Ahmed Tinubu agreed to the decision during a closed door meeting the president.

He saíd: “Whoever Mr President will come up with, I’m in 100 percent in support of that. It is not only me, in the dinner, we had yesterday with Mr President, almost everybody, in fact, 100 percent of us, who are aspiring, have agreed that whoever Mr President will choose among us we are going to support him.”

He added that Bola Tinubu was also in the meeting  when the decision was made and did not object to it.

He said: “He was seated in the meeting and he did not object to it, so If someone speaks on your behalf and you did not have anything in contrary and you keep quiet then it is binding on you.”

Yahaya also stated that the position of the northern APC governors on zoning the presidency to the south is non-binding on him and the party generally.