All Progressives Congress (APC) standard bearer, Bola Tinubu has reportedly submitted the name of Katsina state governor, Kabir Ibrahim Masari, as his running mate in the 2023 general elections.
According to reports, the name of Masari would later be changed after the party stakeholders must have agreed on the suitable vice-presidential candidate for the 2023 elections.
The move by Tinubu and the ruling party, according a report by Daily Post, was to meet the statutory requirement and beat the June 17th deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Tinubu is expected to meet President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday (today), as consultation continues on the issue of his running mate.
A source in Tinubu’s camp told the Newspaper that all the northern governors want the position of the vice presidential candidate.
The source added that if Tinubu has his way, he would have loved to pick the former Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima as his running-mate, but he wanted the president and the governors to pick.
“All northern governors want it. If Asiwaju has his way, it will be Senator Kashim. But he wants the president and governors to pick for him,” said the source.
Asked why Tinubu does not want to pick his running mate himself, the source stressed he didn’t want to be a ‘winner takes it all.’
“He does not want to be the winner takes it all. You need to respect the President. PMB did not choose a VP for himself in 2015,” the source added.
