The Disciples of Jagaban (DOJ), a group loyal to the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has asked Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and other politicians from the Southwest zone to forget the 2023 presidency.
Although Osinbajo had yet to openly declare interest to contest the 2023 presidency, sundry groups have been pressurising him to do so.
However, DOJ said all politicians, particularly from the Southwest zone including the Vice President, must forget their presidential ambition and support their boss and former Lagos governor for the 2023 presidency.
“With the zoning of the presidency to Southwest Nigeria, the Disciples of Jagaban is once again calling all presidential hopefuls in Nigeria, particularly from the same Southwest to accept the candidacy of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, since he towers above all other contestants,” DOJ leader Abdulhakeem Alawuje said in a statement signed in Kaduna on Wednesday.
“Tinubu is coming to serve us as Nigerians, and not as a boss to rule over us; he would positively lead us to the promised land.
“Retreat your steps and surrender to a politician of note, DOJ urges the APC/PDP leaders, religious leaders, traditional leaders and the entire youths of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to support the best candidate.”
The DOJ boss also called on the youth as well as all Nigerians to support the candidacy of the national leader of the APC for the nation’s coveted seat.
“Our youth should, therefore, realise that just as a brilliant first-class student cannot be the Vice-Chancellor of a University, it similarly takes time to grow from being a youth to an experienced and a mature man.
“Fellow Nigerians, this is not just a campaign for Tinubu, it is an appeal to all Nigerians, irrespective of their ethnic and religion, to come together to give Tinubu all the desired support he needs to rescue the Federal Republic of Nigeria as the President,” he added.
