Prince Kassim Afegbua, a former Commissioner for Information in Edo state on Tuesday said Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and Rotimi Amaechi, former Minister of Transport will have no choice but to support Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the presidential flagbearer of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 general elections.

Speaking with DAILY INDEPENDENT, Afegbua expressed confidence that Tinubu will get the support of the two APC stalwarts as they have both benefited politically from the former Lagos state governor in the past.

In June, Tinubu clinched the APC presidential ticket with 1,271 votes. Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers state, polled 316 votes and was second in the exercise while Osinbajo came third with 235 votes.

Afegbua also predicted that the same scenario will play out in the 2023 presidential election. According to him, Tinubu will emerge winner while Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will clinch second position.

He said despite all the noise on social media and rallies, Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate will be in third place when the results are announced.

"Osinbajo and Amaechi will support Tinubu’saspiration. .It is in their best interest to support him. I say so because they have been beneficiaries of Tinubu’s political largesse, so to speak".

" Of course, from day one, I didn't see Amaechi as someone who has enough experience to lead Nigeria. He doesn't have the required skills needed to run a heterogeneous country like Nigeria".

"Osinbajo is cerebral, outspoken and all of that but how much votes did he get during the presidential primary? If he didn't contest the primary, they would have said 'Oh, if Osinbajo had contested, he would have won but he felt the whole dynamics that came to play".

"When he spoke at the convention, he almost received the loudest ovation but when the results came out, where was he? He came a distant third. That is the same way a Peter Obi will end in 2023. You can shout on the streets, hold rally as you like but at the end of the day, it doesn't translate to votes".

"Politics is a cultivated indulgence. It is not garrulous. It is disciplined and there is a way of dispensing with it to carry people along. When there are old loyalties, it is always difficult to break. So a Peter Obi cannot break the loyalty that people have for Tinubu over the years".

https://independent.ng/osinbajo-amaechi-benefited-from-tinubu-its-in-their-best-interest-to-support-him-afegbua/

Its easier to resell Buhari than Tinubu...


What do you want them to tell the people?

How do you want them to go about it?


Selling a Muslim Muslim ticket with a questionable character, age and history ?


Just tell us you want them to look stupid in the eyes of sane Nigerians..

Ure not getting it right uncle, those tinubu loyalists only have one vote. And as for Osinbajo and ameachi not supporting tinumbu, its their opinions after all, Nigerian politics is a game of personal interest

ChangetheChange:
Na by force to support

No, no be by force and Prince Kassim Afegbua never said so.

You may go back and read the report again, this time very slowly.

Did he just say Obi will come third in the presidential election?

pinkPUSSY:
Its easier to resell Buhari than Tinubu...


What do you want them to tell the people?

How do you want them to go about it?


Selling a Muslim Muslim ticket with a questionable character, age and history ?


Just tell us you want them to look stupid in the eyes of sane Nigerians..

Emeka, so why not concentrate on Peter Obi that is very easy to sell rather than spending the whole of your time on Tinubu who is impossible to sell?

LeoDeKing:

No, no be by force and Prince Kassim Afegbua never said so.

You may go back and read the report again, this time very slowly.

They don’t know how to read, they just jump into conclusion

Fooolish Afegnua

LeoDeKing:

No, no be by force and Prince Kassim Afegbua never said so.

You may go back and read the report again, this time very slowly.

Nonsense report.

Shame on you and your likes

Nonsense interest

Nonsense.. Nothing will happen if they fail to support the agbado thief cum druglord

They should support peter obi. He is a christian and a southerner.

Muslim finished 8 years, they cant support 2 muslims again.

That is if Tinubu doesn't win

Jflex07:
Nonsense.. Nothing will happen if they fail to support the agbado thief cum druglord

nairavsdollars:
That is if Tinubu doesn't win

What do you think he will do to them if he wins? People have right to associate or dissociate.

Send EFCC after them. Don't joke with power of the president

Jflex07:
What do you think he will do to them if he wins? People have right to associate or dissociate.

That is a big lie

Osibanjo has reached the highest position he would ever reach politically ...there is absolutely nothing tinubu can offer him ... absolutely and intelligent man like him know it's all about legacy and how history remembers him now

For Ameachi judging from how Tinubu treated ambode his best option is to Go back to his NPDP base as they hold control of PDP now ... atiku would welcome him with open arms as he would be used to fight wike


But if legacy is what they are after openly supporting Peter obi would get them to write the name in gold for ever

Both men are made for life. Need nothing from Tinubu

mrvitalis:
That is a big lie

Osibanjo has reached the highest position he would ever reach politically ...there is absolutely nothing tinubu can offer him ... absolutely and intelligent man like him know it's all about legacy and how history remembers him now

For Ameachi judging from how Tinubu treated ambode his best option is to Go back to his NPDP base as they hold control of PDP now ... atiku would welcome him with open arms as he would be used to fight wike


But if legacy is what they are after openly supporting Peter obi would get them to write the name in gold for ever