TINUBU'S 2023 PRESIDENCY HOPES DIMS: LOYALIST SAYS NO TO AGED LEADERS... I Prefer The Younger Ones For Obvious Reasons.

Bola Ahmed Tinubu

"I am not aware, as far as I am concerned, that he (Tinubu) is contesting as at now that you are talking. I am not aware." Banire

Trending reports reveal that there seems to be a gradual but consistent downwards diminishing of the support base of the presidency chances for Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the former Lagos State Governor and leader of the All Progressives Congress APC in the Southwest geopolitical zone.

Among the latest withdrawals for those expected to support the presidency bid of their leader who is determined to lead Nigeria, is a former Commissioner of Health in Lagos State, Senator Muiz Banire.

Banire, who also held positions as a former Commissioner for Special Duties; Transportation; and Environment in Lagos State, says he is not supporting both Bola Tinubu, his former boss, including his former colleague, now Nigeria's Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, who sources reveal is also eyeing the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket, come 2023.

Speaking on the presidential ambitions of both men, Babies who is also an erstwhile National Legal Adviser of the APC, stated that he has no issue with the aspiration of both men as it is within their rights to do so. 

According to him, Tinubu, who has declared his intention to run for presidency, and Osinbajo, who is mum on his presidential ambition, are old.

In a recent interview on a radio programme in Lagos state RadioNow monitored by POLITICS NIGERIA, Banire said: “Apart from the purported declaration at the Villa in which he has always said he only came to inform the President but I am still doing consultations, I am not aware, as far as I am concerned, that he is contesting as at now that you are talking. I am not aware.

“If you ask me, you know I will always support the younger ones. I prefer the younger ones for obvious reasons.”

Asked if Osinbajo falls to his category of the “younger ones,” he said, “If you go by my own threshold, he (Osinbajo) probably would not qualify too because I am of the view, just like Afe Babalola, that 60-year mark should be the threshold.”