A popular lawyer and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Kayode Ajulo, says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is more preferred than Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as 2023 presidential candidate in the North.
Ajulo, who was the National Secretary of Labour Party (LP) before moving to APC, said a survey showed that showed Osinbajo was preferred to Tinubu.
Osinbajo served as Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos under Tinubu, who was Governor of Lagos State between 1999 and 2007.
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Although neither man has declared an interest in the 2023 presidency, pundits have tipped either or both of them to vie for the nation’s highest office.
Ajulo said that the survey was conducted by Egalitarian Mission for Africa, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) on whose board he sits.
He said, “Well, I am a man of many parts and I sit on the boards of a number of prominent Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) including the Egalitarian Mission for Africa.
“So what we did at the time was to commission a survey and I must state that it was not a survey aimed at projecting or diminishing the political stature of anybody.
“It was more of a fact-finding survey and, at the end of the day, the question of voter’ apathy did not even arise.
“However, the survey favored seven candidates for President namely: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Dr. Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti governor), Mr. Akinwumi Adesina (ADB President), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu (Ekiti governor) and others in that order of preference.”
He expressed belief that APC would produce a consensus candidate in 2023 as it did with Buhari in 2015.
“I have no modicum of doubt that a consensus candidate with a national appeal will emerge.
“I am sure you’ll agree with me that nature abhors vacuum. Buhari’s magnetism and cult-followership notwithstanding, another candidate will emerge after his tenure and attention will naturally shift to this candidate.
“I want to believe that Nigerians will accept and love this candidate much more than they did to Buhari in 2015,” he said.