To rule Nigeria has been my only ambition, says BAT
All Progressive Congress (APC) national leader and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has declared his presidential ambition to contest in the 2023 election, to President Muhammadu Buhari.
The national leader of the party met with the President at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa on Monday, January 10, 2022, behind closed doors, during which he informed him of his lifelong ambition to become Nigeria’s President.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, known with the acronym BAT, said he has informed the president of his intention to join the race for Aso Rock in the next presidential election, but however, he is still consulting widely across the country before he would inform Nigerians.
“You will soon hear. All you want to hear is the categorical declaration. You’ve gotten that truth from me that I have informed Mr. President of my ambition,” the 69-year-old reiterated.
“And I have no problem consulting. I have not set a parameter of limitation to the extent of how many people I will consult,” Tinubu told State House correspondents.
In high spirit, the APC leader said, all was well from the President who appreciated his forthrightness and courage to open up to him concerning his ambition. He also said that the president is a true democrat because he didn’t discourage him from contest on the platform of the party, APC.
Tinubu’s political brinksmanship saw to the end of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) reign in power, 2015 – as his party forged alliance with other political parties to wrestle power from the incumbent, the result was President Muhammadu Buhari’s ascension to power as the President of Nigeria.
APC was formed in February 2013, the party came about as a result of a merger of Nigeria’s three biggest opposition parties – the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), a faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the new PDP – a faction of then ruling People’s Democratic Party.
