All Progressives Congress (APC) is ready to support Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo if he declares interest in the 2023 presidency, Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has said.
The Governor stated this on Monday when he met with members of the Progressives Consolidation Group (PCG) in Lafia, the state capital, also noted that Osinbajo is a “sellable” candidate.
According to the PCG, their mission in Nasarawa was to solicit the governor’s support for Osinbajo who is yet to declare his interest in the presidential race.
“Our concern is how we will sustain the party beyond President Buhari. So, if you come up with the idea, you know you will not only get my attention but the attention of every progressive governor in the country,” Sule said.
“So, if you are going to sell this man, I want you to know that not every product is sellable but Osinbajo is sellable.
“I pray that all the work you are doing now will not be in vain. It will be good for our party and the progress of this country.”
On his part, Chairman of the group, Aliyu Kurfi opined that if Osinbajo is given the opportunity to become president, he will make Nigeria a “better place for all of us”.
“We are here sir on a very serious business, the serious business of political succession. We are on our mission but engineered by the vision of one of our elder statesmen, Vice-President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo,” Kurfi said.
“We have gone through the various records of activities, life histories and of course the trends of events in politics and we have agreed as an association to work towards the promotion of his candidature.
“We made this decision because we believe with all honesty that we have a professional gentleman, if given the opportunity will not only continue the good work of Mr President, but with gentlemen like you to support, make Nigeria a better place for all of us,” he said.
“His foresight in so many areas will be useful for Nigeria. He is detribalised and a man who is detached from the shallow thinking of many of us who are tribal bigots.
“We believe we have a gentleman whose thinking is simply that of Nigeria and Nigeria alone.
“We believe he is a gentleman whose political competence knows no bounds. So we have every reason to sell him for the benefit of Nigeria.”