APC Special Convention: Tinubu says convention is a date with history; Akpabio, Amosun, Fayemi, Bankole, Bararu, Ohanenye support Tinubu

He warned that the destiny of Nigeria should not be stolen because we did not do what was meant for us to do at this critical moment.

According to him, “We formed this party to give the people of this land the progressive good governance they deserve so that they may live as well and as peacefully as any people on the face of this earth. This corrective journey began with the election of President Muhammadu Buhari. At this convention, we must take the next step toward the proper and necessary direction.

He took a swipe at the previous PDP government for not nipping insecurity in the bud. He said “PDP should have uprooted this evil when it was but a seed. The APC-led government is now left to contend with the dangerous tree it has become. Yet, as surely as I can state my name, the next APC government shall uproot this evil such that, never again, shall it try to take hold in this land”.

“But the long day for national rebuilding is not over. Even greater, bolder work is needed to beat back the hard challenge we face. Yet, my hope is high and that is hopefully not for myself but for you and this nation, My greatest trust and comfort reside in the innate goodness of the people of our beloved nation, Joiner in common purpose, with leadership informed by wise and correct policies, the things that we can accomplish are nothing less than historic”.

And to the delegates, he said, “Weighty matters now rest in the balance. A fateful decision awaits you the delegates to this convention. Choose that which most wholly benefits the nation. Think big at this moment that we may accomplish great things in the next APC administration that will come on 29 May 2023”.

Senator Godswill Akpabio set the pace among aspirants supporting Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu by stepping down from the Presidential race to back the candidacy of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress.

He announced his withdrawal from the race while speaking to delegates urging them to back his candidacy.

Other aspirants that followed on the same trajectory are the former Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun,, Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, Jigawa State Governor, Abubakar Badaru, and the only female aspirant, Uju Ken Ohanenye