2019: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for President.

2019: Tinubu is tired of being a Kingmaker and he would rather be the King - Dele Momodu

A recent comment by Chief Bisi Akande has unsettled the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC.

Akande, a former interim national chairman of the APC said the ticket for 2019 election was open to all.

APC national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun however says Akande's comment was a personal view.

The national chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigbie-Oyegun, has said the statement credited to Chief Bisi Akande, that the party's presidential ticket for 2019 election was open to all was a personal opinion which did not reflect the party's stand.

Oyegun stated this in response to Akande's comment while speaking to Thisday via a phone interview.

"That's his personal view. He said what he felt. There is really nothing to comment about -nothing. That is his personal view," Oyegun said. 

Oyegun had announced in May that the president had the first right to refusal for APC's presidential ticket. Source: Twitter. 

Akande's comment had given the impression that the ruling party was not united ahead of the 2019 presidential election.

Akande made the comment at the end of a stakeholders meeting of southwest APC leaders on Thursday, October 12, 2017.

The meeting which was held at the Oyo state government house, had in attendance governors, National Assembly members, ministers and other senior members of the APC in the region.  

Responding to a question from a journalist about the position of the party on Buhari's speculated second term ambition, Akande had stated thus: "He has not told us he is running in 2019. Anybody in our party is free to become the president of Nigeria as long as he indicates interest.

"We have a process through which a candidate will be selected. If he is lucky to get the ticket, then we have no option than to present him as our candidate."

The meeting, which lasted for four hours, had in attendance Governors Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo State), Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos State), Rauf Aregbesola (Osun State), Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun State), Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo State), former gokvernros Adebayo Alao-Akala, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Olusegun Osoba, Adeniyi Adebayo and Kayode Fayemi, who also the current minister of solid  minerals development.

Others were the minister of communications; Adebayo Shittu, Minister of state for Niger Delta; Claudius Daramola, Senotor Olusola Adeyeye, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representative; Lasun Yusuff and Hopuse Majority Leader; Femi Gbajabiamila, among others.

In the related development, media mogul, Chief Dele Momodu has suggested that APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will contest the 2019 presidential election.

Chief Momodu stated that Yoruba leaders are preparing Asiwaju Tinubu for president come 2019, adding that the Yoruba leadership will no longer support any other tribe for presidency. 

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