By Cosmas Omegoh, Lagos
A top All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain has hailed the decision of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to pick Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate for the upcoming presidential elections in 2023.
Tinubu’s move finally laid to rest the contentious issue of who his vice presidential candidate for next year’s general elections would be.
And while congratulating him, Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon, who represented Lagos West in the Senate between 2007 and 2011, commended the astuteness with which the Asiwaju chose his deputy, saying it would enhance his chances of becoming Nigeria’s next president come 2023.
“I had always believed that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu would give Nigerians the best and most suitable running mate for the presidential elections following his recent run-away victory at the party primaries held in Abuja,” Solomon, a one-time Mushin Local Government Area chairman said.
“I have no doubts whatsoever that Tinubu and his vice president-to-be possess the unbeatable qualities that make them the number one favourites to clinch the presidency come 2023,” he added.
The former senator popular known as ‘GOS’ among his supporters called on the party hierarchy, Tinubu’s co-contestants in the primaries and all members across the country to rally around the duo to ensure that they win fair and square at the polls.
“Now that the wait for Tinubu’s running mate is over, I’ll enjoin all party loyalists, including the Asiwaju’s co-contestants in the last primaries, party leaders and all members across the length and breadth of this country to close ranks and ensure that Tinubu and his vice become the next occupants of the Aso Villa after the duo of Muhammadu Buhari and Prof Yemi Osinbajo leave on May 29 next year,” he said.