Elder statesman and former presidential adviser, Tanko Yakasai, has said that there is an unwritten understanding that when President Muhammadu Buhari finishes, the Vice President will likely be the next presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He also said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) might field Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo or Bola Tinubu, a national leader of APC, in 2023.
Speaking with The Interview, Yakasai said the region played a key role in the emergence of Buhari in 2019.
“The current calculation is that the vice-president is from the Southwest. Clearly, there is an unwritten understanding that when Buhari finishes, the Vice President will likely be the next presidential candidate of the APC,” he said.
“The Vice President is a Yoruba man. Even if it is not Osinbajo, somebody from there, probably Tinubu, will likely emerge as the candidate of the party.
“And with the performance of the party in the southeast, I…
