Presidential primary: Why APC needs Tinubu to win 2023 election, Former minister Adesiyan reveals

Alhaji Abdul-Jelili Adesiyan, a former minister of police affairs, has urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to field the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as its presidential candidate in order to remain in power beyond 2023.

Telescope.ng reports that the ex-minister gave the advice in a statement he issued on Tuesday, May, 2022, adding that Tinubu remains only candidate who can defeat the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming general election.

He added that now that Atiku had emerged the PDP presidential candidate, the only option left for APC is to field Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu for some reasons.

Adesiyan said:

Tinubu has magic wand to defeat Atiku

1) I have had a singular honour of been in the national politics by my appointment as a federal minister in 2014 and it has exposed me to the thinking and behaviour of northerners .They are very egocentric with Islamic religion therefore bringing out a Christian from the South to face Atiku will spell doom for APC, they are too emotional with Islamic religion.”

Northerners are religious sensitive

2) The northern Muslims love power, they need not be enlightened to have strong attachments to power ,ordinary Okada rider of northern extraction in the south ride on his bicycle with pride and false attachments of being in power.

Tinubu remains only option for APC

3) The only aspirant an average northerner respect in the North from the south is Hammed Tinubu just as much as they respect MKO ABIOLA those days because they know he commands lot of respect from South west and even south as a whole, No wonder he used is influence to enthrone President Muhammad Buhari after four attempts to be President and to that end they may want to repay him back.

Monetization of politics

4) Another reason and very important is the monetization of politics. Tinubu is the only one who can match Atiku with his money and he is to the best of my knowledge the only one; people of wealth can donate to because they know he can win.

The former minister further stated: “I am not writing this piece out of sentiments, I am not in any of Tinubu support groups or been seeing to be canvassing for him. These are borne out of facts as I see it. I want the APC to win election.

“If the southern aspirant is not fielded against northern aspirant in 2023 it may as well be the end of Nigeria. I am calling on Professor Yemi Osibajo, Senator Amosu,Dr Fayemi, Rotimi Amechi and the rest of them to step down for Tinubu as the majority of northern aspirants did for Atiku in PDP on Friday. It is a path of honour and we will all respect you for it.”