By MacDonald Dzirutwe
ABUJA – Nigeria’s ruling get together, the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday picked former Lagos State governor Bola Tinubu as its candidate to run for president in elections scheduled for February 2023.
President Muhammadu Buhari steps down subsequent yr after main Africa’s most populous nation and high oil exporter for the utmost eight years allowed by the structure.
Tinubu, 70, who was in control of Nigeria’s business capital from 1999 to 2007, defeated 13 different candidates together with Buhari’s deputy, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, within the APC primaries.
Not like many outgoing African heads of state, Buhari had not named a successor, leaving the APC area large open.
The ruling get together candidate would often be thought-about the favorite in Nigeria, which has a protracted historical past of electoral fraud and violence. Nevertheless, in 2015, Buhari was the opposition candidate when he received an election extensively thought-about among the many cleanest the nation had seen.
Tinubu’s major opponent might be Atiku Abubakar, who was vice chairman from 1999 to 2007 underneath former president Olusegun Obasanjo. Atiku represents the Folks’s Democratic Celebration.
A wily political operator, Tinubu constructed a robust assist base throughout his eight years as governor of Lagos. Since stepping down, he has remained extremely influential, with a lot of his loyal proteges in highly effective positions in authorities and enterprise.
Supporters painting him as an efficient administrator with a knack for choosing vivid, dedicated technocrats to get jobs achieved.
Critics denounce him as a godfather determine who doles out profitable contracts and plum jobs to his mates and isn't above sending out avenue thugs to intimidate opponents if he fails to get his approach. He rejects that description.
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