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The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu has named Kabiru Masari as his running mate for the 2023 elections.
A chieftain of the party Kabiru Faskari said this during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today.
“Ibrahim Kabiru Masari is our vice presidential nominee. He was the Welfare Secretary of the APC under Oshiomhole (former national chairman of the party),” he said during the show on Friday, June 17.
“He is a well-known politician in Kaduna State and his name has been submitted.”
Faskari explained that picking Kabiru, who hails from Katsina State, does not violate the country’s laws; as against the clamour for a Muslim/Christian APC ticket.
According to him, Kabiru is experienced, close to Tinubu; adding that he will not have a problem working with the former Lagos State governor.
“He is young;…represents the youths and is grounded in politics and was even a national official of the APC. He is quite close to the presidential candidate and has been with him for a very long time,” he explained.
“It is a very informed decision to put out his name.”
“I think what it is, is that it was the decision of the presidential candidate after due diligence,” the APC chieftain added.
The APC, it is believed is putting Kabiru as a placeholder to beat the deadline given by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for presidential candidates to submit the names of their running mates.
INEC had given a Friday, June 17th, deadline for the submission of the names.
Meanwhile, former governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, said the declaration of support for the South-West aspirant by the northern governors of the All Progressives Congress, prompted him to step down for the presidential candidate of the party, Bola Tinubu.
Amosun and other presidential aspirants from the South; including the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; as well as former speaker of the House of Representatives; Dimeji Bankole, stepped down for Tinubu at the APC convention held in Abuja.
The former governor disclosed this while addressing his supporters; drawn from all the local government areas of the state who converged on the Alake palace pavilion in Abeokuta for a welcome rally.
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