Edge's News: 2023 Presidency has been promised to Asiwaju Bola Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu...Allegedly...

Senator Rufai Hanga, the former CPC Chairman, says there was an agreement that the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu would succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.

Senator Rufai Hanga

It would be recalled that during the build-up to the 2015 general election, CPC was one of the parties that collapsed to form the APC in 2014.

Hanga, who was the chair of CPC at the time said the implied agreement that Tinubu would take over from Buhari is an open secret.

“This is an open secret. There was an implied agreement. Even in law, there is implied and expressed act. If something is expressed, there are no two ways about it. There was an implied agreement that he would take over. That is why he didn’t back out after the first tenure. If Tinubu knew that he would not benefit, he would have backed out during Buhari’s first tenure. But he knows there was an agreement,” he said.

The former lawmaker, however, believes that Tinubu may not get the ruling party’s presidential ticket on a platter. Hanga predicted there would be fights among governors and some forces in the Presidency over the 2023 presidential ticket.

However, the presidency is not willing to react to Hanga’s claim on the implied agreement over President Buhari’s successor.

But a chieftain of the APC and associate of the president, Osita Okechukwu said:

“I can reasonably confirm that he appreciates the contribution of Asiwaju Tinubu to his victory. “But I am not sure of any formal agreement. I am not aware of that. Mr President doesn’t enter into any agreement with anybody, but he appreciates good deeds. “Most importantly, don’t forget that Mr President said he had become a democrat, and under democratic tenets, there is no way he can help anybody.”

Edge’s View:

We don’t know if there is an alleged agreement or not, but we are privy to know that the level at which elites like the President and other political high rollers, a verbal agreement is as good as a written one. So we believe any agreement made in good faith should be honoured.

Truth be told, hand over or not, the voters are going to have the last laugh… not more standing idly by and complaining or ranting on social media. We are coming out to vote and we are going to make sure our vote counts. You want our votes… start the kissing up people.

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