2023--South-West shun zoning vow to produce next president during a close door meeting~details below

 Controversy erupted as South-West shun zoning alleging that they will produced the next president since they are united. The Redeem Christian Church of God (RCCG) Pastor EA Adeboye when asked about the fourth coming 2023 election? few weeks back.

 The General overseer said "God has not told him if there would be an election" with the way different leaders nation wide are purchasing the 2023 election form of interest one will believe Pastor Adeboye's prophecy is coming to light.

Mean while, the pioneer Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande have said that the southwest geo-political zone of the country would produce the next president saying the region was united.

Chief Akande who stated this at the end of a crucial South-West APC Elders meeting with presidential, gubernatorial and National Assembly aspirants from the zone said, “the South West is united for the presidency to come to the south-west in the next general polls.” He explained that the stakeholders had a fruitful, mutual deliberation. The meeting, held at Lagos House, Marina behind closed doors, lasted for over two hours

According to Akande, “We are united as we will ensure that the presidency of the Federal Republic of Nigeria will come to South-West in 2023. We had a fruitful, mutual discussion.”

A source said that, “the issue of betrayal was put to rest as the elders affirmed that everyone who desires to run for any political office whatsoever is not encumbered in any way at all.” The leaders and the aspirants all agreed to conduct a rancour-free campaign.

The conglomerate in laid off abusive comments, name-calling, brawl and other personal attacks would no longer be allowed by all aspirants and their supporters.

Following the resolution, Vice President Osinbajo, the highest-ranking attendee public officer from South West extraction, inner sources disclosed that the APC elders stated categorically that all the aspirants had the right to aspire to be President. But, they demanded all aspirants to exhibit the ‘Omoluabi’ ethos in their politicking by shunning divisive rhetorics.

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Stating that consultations with them would be a continuous exercise, the meeting admonished the aspirants to queue behind whoever amongst them that eventually emerges as the party’s candidate, stating that the cohesion of the South West must be sacrosanct.

The meeting subsided peacefully and was bema by the first Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande and a former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Segun Osoba, both of whom served as Co-Conveners.

The attendees were the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, former Lagos State Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi and Lagos State Governor, Bababjide Sanwo-Olu, who is the host.

Also at the meeting, apart from the aspirants were the former Governor of Lagos State and Works and Housing Minister Mr Babatunde Fashola, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief Niyi Adebayo, Governors Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State and Governor Oyetola of Osun State. Others included former Osun State Governor and Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola and the APC National Secretary Otunba Iyiola Omisore.

Aregbesola, who arrived in Osinbajo’s convoy at about 6.45 pm, was the first person to storm out of the meeting. Tinubu, after the meeting, also stayed back to have a light dinner with some caucus members of his campaign team.

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