The leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has said that he has informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his ambition to contest for the position of president in 2023.
Tinubu made this revelation on Monday, January 10 after a closed door meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The former governor of Lagos state said it was a lifelong ambition and that he has the confidence, the vision and the capacity to build on the vision of Buhari.
He said he was at the State House to see the President on general issues concerning Nigeria including some of the concerns in the APC as well as security issues.
Asked whether he has informed President Buhari of his ambition to contest for the President in 2023, he said, “I have informed the President of my ambition but I have not informed Nigerians yet, I am still consulting.”
On what was the response of President Buhari, Asiwaju Tinubu said that the President as a democrat did not ask him to stop from contesting.
