The Disciples of Jagaban, a political organisation, has urged Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and other politicians from the Southwest zone who are eyeing the presidency in 2023 to focus on the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Various groups have been pressuring the Vice President to openly declare his intention in running for President in 2023, despite the fact that he has yet to do so.
However, the Department of Justice, a pro-Tinubu organization, stated that all politicians, particularly those from the Southwest, including the Vice President, must set aside their presidential ambitions and support the former Lagos State Governor for the presidency in 2023.
In a statement released in Kaduna, the group’s National Coordinator, Abdulhakeem Alawuje, said that presidential hopefuls should recognize the superiority of Tinubu’s candidacy and support him to be the next president for the sake of Nigeria’s overall interest.
Alawuje claimed that the former Lagos governor was still the best and most competent politician in the country today to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
He said, “A socio-political organisation, the Disciples of Jagaban, has called on all presidential hopefuls to, in the overall interest of Nigeria, accept the superiority of Tinubu’s candidacy and support him to become Nigeria’s president in 2023.
“With the zoning of the presidency to the Southwest Nigeria, the Disciples of Jagaban is once again calling all presidential hopefuls in Nigeria, particularly from the same Southwest to accept the candidacy of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, since he towers above all other contestants.
“Tinubu is coming to serve us as Nigerians, and not as a boss to rule over us; he would positively lead us to the promised land.
“Retreat your steps and surrender to a politician of note, DOJ urges the APC/PDP leaders, religious leaders, traditional leaders and the entire youths of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to support the best candidate.”
The head of the Department of Justice also urged the youth and other Nigerians to back the APC’s national leader’s bid for the country’s most coveted position.
“Our youths should, therefore, realise that just as a brilliant First Class student cannot be the Vice-Chancellor of a University, it similarly takes time to grow from being a youth to an experienced and a mature man.
“Fellow Nigerians, this is not just a campaign for Tinubu, it is an appeal to all Nigerians, irrespective of our ethnic and religion, to come together to give Tinubu all the desired support he needs to rescue the Federal Republic of Nigeria as the President,” he added.
