{"id":94179,"date":"2022-04-21T18:40:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T17:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=94179"},"modified":"2022-04-21T18:40:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T17:40:25","slug":"2023-presidency-ex-presidents-behind-osinbajos-ambition-senator-gaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/2023-presidency-ex-presidents-behind-osinbajos-ambition-senator-gaya\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 presidency: Ex-presidents behind Osinbajo&#8217;s ambition &#8211; Senator Gaya"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1730739162890275003\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Former Kano state governor and chairman Senate committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Kabiru Gaya, has revealed that some former Presidents of Nigeria are among those supporting the presidential ambition of the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Gaya also revealed that one of the support groups under the umbrella of The Progressive Project (TPP) has expressed the readiness to procure the N100 million worth All progressive Congress (APC) Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for Prof Yemi Osinbajo in pursuit of his presidential ambition.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Although the Senator refused to reveal the names of the said former presidents backing the Vice President when asked.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Addressing a press conference Thursday in Abuja, Senator Gaya, who resumed as the Chairman of the Pro-Osinbajo umbrella body of all support groups, said the gesture towards Osinbajo speaks volume of the depth of acceptability of Osinbajo among Nigerians.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">When asked to react to some of allegations of betrayal, nepotism levelled against the Vice President, Gaya said the campaign group will not join issue with individuals.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;What we are saying is we respect every Nigerian, our elders that is what I said in my speech; there are even others that are supporting this Osibanjo team and some of them are even former Presidents.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;So we have a lot of people supporting him and we want to make all these groups come together to come and form a formidable campaign team for Osibanjo. In the next few days he will be the candidate of the party insha Allah.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">On the 100 million nomination forms for Osinbajo, the former governor said: &#8220;Even an internal issue of the price of our party\u2019s nomination form is being deliberately misinterpreted in some circles. Well, we feel confident that unlike moneybags, our truly populist candidate is popular enough to pool supporters\u2019 token donations and raise such money with ease.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Just one youth group with TPP, the Progressive Group alone say that they can raise N100m with voluntary contributions of N10, 000 each by 10, 000 of their supporters who are keen about seeing a better future.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Our populist Mathematics is flawless and very strong; moneybags within or outside APC will only lose their dollars in any contest against the people\u2019s will. Unlike the history of some other political parties, records show that neither APC presidential ticket nor its VP slot had ever been won by throwing money around but by populist endorsement from North and South.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Continuing, he noted: &#8220;We will not descend low to play gutter politics and we have continued to warn our supporters against involvement in insults and vilification. We are democrats, we believe in uniting people and in submitting ourselves and competing ideas to the people\u2019s evaluation and decisions through the ballot box.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;For us at TPP, the unity of Nigeria as well as the unity of all Progressives remain paramount. We are not unaware that a band of very few pessimists who try to deceive themselves and their sponsors about their lower chances are equally disseminating false narratives in a futile effort to demarket Yemi Osinbajo.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Some have said that some opposition elements probably have a hand in it, out of fear APC\u2019s much-improved prospects of victory with Osinbajo as presidential candidate.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Let it be emphasized once again that all the populist forces behind Professor Yemi Osinbajo fear no foe and hate no one; we are focused without compromise on the unity, progress and development of Nigeria and we shall not descend into gutter fights with any person or group.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Like hundreds of our support groups and like millions of Nigerians who called upon him to come out and contest, I have totally confidence that by the power of the Almighty and the electoral power of millions of Nigerian citizens across the six geo-political zone, Yemi Osinbajo will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari on May 20, 2023.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Kano born politician, however, contended that Osinbajo stands out as the most competent aspirant to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari after his tenure in May 2023.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Kano state governor and chairman Senate committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Kabiru Gaya, has revealed that some former Presidents of Nigeria are among those supporting the presidential&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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