APC Flagbearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to meet APC governors in deciding his running mate, Asiwaju Tinubu already had an arrangement with the APC governors that if he emerged the candidate of the party, the governors would decide the person to pick. Meanwhile INEC, the electoral umpire had set the 17th of June as deadline for parties to submit their candidates’ lists.
Mr Bayo Onanuga spokesman for Tinubu Campaign Organisation said “The party leaders will look at the chances and decide how they will balance a Muslim from the South, maybe with somebody that comes from North- East, North-Central or from North-West. That is how it is done. I cannot circumvent the party…..The Governor Atiku Bagudu – led Progressives Governor’s Forum has the task to pick a competent deputy for him,” he said.
– Bello Akinkunmi Yakub