{"id":96396,"date":"2022-06-27T08:36:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T07:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=96396"},"modified":"2022-06-27T08:36:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T07:36:03","slug":"2023-im-still-searching-for-a-running-mate-tinubu-declares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/2023-im-still-searching-for-a-running-mate-tinubu-declares\/","title":{"rendered":"2023: I\u2019m Still Searching For A Running Mate, Tinubu Declares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says he is yet to find a running mate for the 2023 election.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu said this in Abuja on Sunday at the 60th birthday celebration of Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Tinubu, a former Lagos state governor, won the ticket to represent the APC in the 2023 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>In his address at the occasion, Tinubu applauded the strides of Gbajabiamila and Idris Wase, the deputy speaker, adding that he needs to learn from them as he was still searching for a running mate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are very good symbols of unity, dependability, and honesty, thank you,\u201d Tinubu said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for both of you, you\u2019ve not rocked the boat. 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