No Restriction Stopping Bola Tinubu From Contesting Presidency In 2023 - Itse Sagay Says

 

Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), famous professor of law and social equality ac­tivist, on Monday, said it was the turn of southern­ers to deliver President Muhammadu Buhari's replacement in 2023 to protect the solidarity of the nation and guarantee equity and decency. 

Talking only with Daily Independent, Sagay, who is the Chair­man of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PA­CAC) and a tribal leader of the decision All Progres­sives Congress (APC), additionally said there was a casual drafting arrangement which the gathering should respect in choosing the official banner carrier for the 2023 gen­eral races. 

As per him, despite the fact that the understanding was not composed, the organizers of the APC concurred that the administration would move toward the South after the North had finished two terms of eight years. 

Sagay additionally said President Buhari shouldn't be the one to decide his replacement or come out transparently to de­clare uphold for any of the competitors, yet just help his supported wannabe with his vote. 

"He (Buhari) shouldn't be the one to figure out who will be his replacement. There is a cycle in the APC, for example, primaries. 

"Additionally in the APC, there is casual drafting. They didn't record the arrangement however everyone concurred that after a northerner has burned through two terms in office, a southerner will be nom­inated by the APC as the official up-and-comer. 

"Thus, it is the turn of southerners to go after selection. The northern­ers would have finished their chance by 2023.This is simply to guarantee that there is solidarity, value, and no zone assumes the other to be incompetent". 

"In this way, my conviction is that the president will guarantee that the applicant will be a southerner. He may uphold a can­didate with his vote yet I don't figure it will be legitimate for him to come out to state 'this is the man I need to succeed me'.The wannabes, who are southerners, ought to be given a level battleground to challenge for votes from individuals who will cast a ballot at the primaries." 

Additionally talking on the official aspiration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the gathering's public chief, Sagay said nothing bars the previous Lagos State gover­nor from challenging for the most elevated political office in the land. 

"Certainly, he (Tinubu) is allowed to challenge. He is a potential official can­didate with a lot of others. Indeed, there is no restric­tion or check stop­ping him from challenging in the event that he needs to," he said.