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From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
Member House of Representatives, Hon James Faleke and former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal on Friday led thousands of members of the Tinubu Support Groups (TSG) to pick the All Progressives Congress (APC) expression of interest and nomination forms for the former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to contest the APC presidential primaries.
Speaking to newsmen after purchasing the nomination form, while Faleke described him as the only viable constestant, Babachir said that as a branded product, he is the candidate to beat.
According to Faleke; “we are here as a team on behalf of Asiwaju Tinubu to pick the forms that he has personally paid for and because he is out of the country, he paid for his forms directly and asked us to come and pick up the forms.”
On his chances and his preferred mode of primary, Faleke said: “He is the only constestant that we know. As for the mode of primaries, it is the party that has the authority to advocate for the mode of primaries. It is not in our purview to do that, but whatever mode, direct or indirect, we will win the election by the grace of God.”
Asked what he is bringing on board, he said: “Asiwaju at the appropriate time will deliver his address to us but I know that this country under Tinubu will be better off, economy will be better off because he is an economist, he is not a lawyer, he is an economist. He will deal with the economic situation of this country.
“He did it in Lagos, he solved the security challenges in Lagos and will solve the same security challenges in the country. He is a man who rewards loyalty, who ensure that people who work are also taken care of. He will ensure that employment opportunities are better off, the issue of strike will be a thing of the past. Civil service was done in Lagos, he will do it again in Nigeria and so on and so forth,” he said.
Similarly, describing Tinubu as a “branded product, Babachir, said: “Every Nigerian knows that he is the man to beat and I can assure you that the presidency of Nigeria comes 29th May, 2023 .. Tinubu to rule.
On his chances, the former SGF said: “If we were not sure we have chances to win this election we would not waste our N100 million. Everybody is free to buy the forms if he has N100 million. The choice is his own. He has the money.
But as far as we are concerned we are only fulfilling the constitutional requirement of campaigning and going for election. We don’t foresee any opposition in the contest.”
Is he worried about the aspirants from South-west jostling for the position, Babachir responded: “we are not worried in our camp, I am not worried as a person.”
