By John Owen Nwachukwu Ex-presidential aide under the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has said tha...
By John Owen Nwachukwu
Ex-presidential aide under the administration of former
President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has said that there is no chance of
the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo emerging as the presidential candidate of the
All Progressives Congress, APC, in the coming primary.
According to him, while the National Leader of the APC, Bola
Ahmed Tinubu, would come in the presidential primary, either a former Minister
of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi or Senate President, Ahmed Lawan would come
second.
Osinbajo is one of the 25 presidential aspirants who
purchased, filled and submitted the nomination and expression of interest forms
of the APC.
He is also seen as one leading contenders for the party’s
sole ticket. But Omokri says the Vice president is just wasting his time.
Tweeting on Thursday afternoon, Omokri said, “I think by now
it has dawned on Osinbajo that if APC primaries are by direct democratic free
and fair primaries, he will be disgraced! He won’t even come second.
“It will be Tinubu first, and Amaechi or Lawan second. His
only hope is a consensus candidacy. Am I lying?”
Apart from Osinbajo, Tinubu and Amaechi, other presidential
aspirants on the APC platform are former Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill
Akpabio; former Minister of Education for State, Emeka Nwajiuba; former Senate
President, Ken Nnamani; Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello; former National
Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
Others are former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha;
former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu; former
Ogun state governor, Sen. Ibikunle Amosu; Pastor Tunde Bakare; Cross River
State governor, Prof. Ben Ayade; Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi, Ekiti State
governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; Jigawa governor Mohammed Badaru Abubakar and former
Zamfara State governor, Sen. Ahmed Yerima.
Also on the list of presidential aspirants are Senator Ajayi
Borroffice; the only female aspirant, Barr. (Mrs) Uju Kennedy Ohnenye; Pastor
Nicholas Felix Nwagbo; former Speaker of Representative, Hon. Dimeji Bankole;
Senate President, Dr Ahmed Lawan; former Bayelsa State Governor Chief Timipre
Sylva; former Minister of Information, Chief Ikeobasi Mokelu; and Mr Tein Jack
Rich.
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