Former Governor of Lagos State and a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has declared that nobody can stop him from contesting for the post of Presidency in 2015 elections if he decides to run.
Speaking yesterday at the APC secretariat in Lagos, Tinubu said he has every right to be the President of Nigeria regardless of his religion and state of origin adding that the APC will field the best candidate in 2015 election, whether the person is a Christian or a Muslim.
"We must choose the right person to lead the battle, and nobody, no one under the sun, under the United Nations Human Rights Charter can stop Bola Tinubu’s ambition," he said.
According to Tinubu, it doesn't matter whether you are a Christian or Muslim, as long as you are a good person, the APC will support you.
"The solution to the suffering of the masses is not about the prayer of a pastor or about the Islamic cleric. What we are talking about is not an election of a vicar or bishop not of a Muslim Imam or cleric; it is about individual with the character and the brain and the capacity to govern. “If you are
a Christian and you are good, you will win our support," Tinubu said.
He advised those opposing his political aspiration to find something else to do.
Speaking on the state of the nation, he said Jonathan's administration had failed Nigerians, adding that at the time of need, Nigerians must choose the right leaders to face the battle and confront the challenges facing the country.
On whether the successor of Lagos state governor Babatunde Fashola should be a Muslim or Christian, Tinubu urged the party’s faithful to shun those promoting Muslim or Christian agenda in Lagos.
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