LAGOS — Bola Tinubu’s presidential ambition has been a long-time agreement between the top-ranking members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) according to Rufai Hanga, pioneer national chairman of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).
As per his narration, Tinubu who was a two-time governor of Lagos state is meant to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari when he completes his second term in office in 2023.
This Implied agreement was the reason Tinubu did not defect from the party at the end of Buhari’s first tenure in 2019.
CPC was Buhari’s party before the merger with ACN and ANPP gave rise to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
In a discourse with Daily Trust, Hanga stated that though the former governor may not be able to clinch the ticket due to some cracks within, the purported agreement is known to the party members.
“This is an open secret. There was an implied agreement. Even in law, there is an implied and expressed act. If something is expressed, there are no two ways about it,” he said.
“There was an implied agreement that he would take over. That is why he didn’t back out after the first tenure.
“If Tinubu knew that he would not benefit, he would have backed out during Buhari’s first tenure. But he knows there was an agreement.”
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