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APC is torn between Osinbajo, Tinubu and Emefiele’s people, each pushing their own candidate and agenda

There is currently a division in the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the presidential ambitions of some of its prominent members, which is capable of tearing the ruling party apart.

When a political group, The Green Alliance TGA, on Saturday, launched an initiative in Lagos to draft the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, into the 2023 presidential race, little did Nigerians know about the driving force behind the campaign.

SaharaReporters has exclusively learnt that a cabal led by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami is strongly behind the push for Emefiele to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari, ahead of other strong contenders in the party. Another prominent member of the cabal is media entrepreneur, Nduka Obaigbena.

Obaigbena is the founding Chairman & Editor-in-Chief of the THISDAY Media Group and ARISE News Channel.
For instance, the National Leader of the party, Bola Tinubu has publicly declared his intention to run for President and even though Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has yet to officially declare to run, sponsored groups across the country have been ‘begging’ him to also join the 2023 presidential race.


A top source in the party told SaharaReporters on Sunday that the “APC is torn between Osinbajo, Tinubu and Emefiele’s people, each pushing their own candidate and agenda”.

At the weekend, Emefiele’s supporters, mainly youths, spotted white T-Shirts with the inscription MEFFY 2023 at the occasion held in Lagos to draft him into the race.

Convener of the group, Wale Fapohunda, told the gathering that since Emefiele’s appointment as CBN Governor, he had spent his energy building a resilient financial system that can serve the development needs of the economy, ignoring the glaring fact that Nigeria’s economy has dipped to its worst state ever during Emefiele’s tenure as CBN governor.

However, SaharaReporters has also learnt that Emefiele’s declaration did not start at the weekend. Indeed, it started with the recent FCT mega rice pyramid, an initiative under the RIFAN/CBN anchor borrowers’ programme, but used to sell the candidacy of the CBN governor.

President Buhari had on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, unveiled the rice pyramid in Abuja, in the presence of some governors and other dignitaries.

“The rice pyramid was conspicuously the first open declaration,” a source in the Presidency told SaharaReporters.

“The cabal led by AGF, Malami told Buhari they’ve settled for a Technocrat. This came after rejecting the President of African Development Bank, Akinwunmi Adesina, and Obaigbena is spearheading this,” the source added.

Obaigbena, it was also learnt, has additional motivation to throw its weight behind Emefiele considering the financial support AriseTV has been getting from the CBN.

“CBN has been funding AriseTV and forcing banks and money transaction platforms to advertise on the TV. That was the reason why Obaigbena said recently that Nigeria’s president would not come from those who are declaring,” one of the sources said.

Obaigbena in October 2021 also said nobody could predict what would happen in 2023 regarding who would become Nigeria’s President.

SaharaReporters gathered from one of the sources that Isa Funtua’s son, Abubakar, is “part of the crew working on Emefiele’s campaign”.

“You know, they bought 9mobile,” the source added. Isa Funtua was a close ally of President Buhari, who served as a minister in the Second Republic.

This had prompted former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in January 2019, to lambast the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for “failing to investigate how Alhaji Isa Funtua, a close ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, who acquired Keystone Bank and 9Mobile (formerly Etisalat).”

http://saharareporters.com/2022/02/13/exclusive-story-behind-how-buhari’s-minister-malami-media-guru-obaigbena-other-cabal

Failed project.

Ha ha ha ,oooooo!!! Emefiele kwá, make my papa kukuma come represent our side ooooh.Every household don get presidential aspirant 2023.

Nice one

excellence44:
Failed project.

Failed project because they didn't back Tinubu

So you want Tinubu to go to Aso rock and be peeing everywhere

Where dis wan from come again? Emefiele is too distanced from this equation nah.

What a joke. Emefiele is a Fulani lapdog

He is a committed and loyal servant

It's good that AGF a Fulani is supporting Godwin an Okoroman, due to their brotherhood of being in the same political class. While ipobians are busy killing Fulanis in the forest.

Okowa, Emefiele, Wike and Amaechi South South fully represented

At least Emefiele impact on $ deserve to be president of Niger/Delta. I don't have any thing to say about that fool. Only God know how he become SAN over night.

Dead on arrival.
They want to compensate him for helping them loot the country dry

So cbn governor is a politician too?
Nawa oo..

Someone that cannot handle CBN wants to be President? What a Wow! In that case, I will be his Deputy

RichDad1:
We play too much in this country.
Nigerian press are one of the most useless and speculative in Africa.

Omo, I tire o

We play too much in this country.
Nigerian press are one of the most useless and speculative in Africa.

Do we want to finally destroy Nigeria? I guess those supporting him are doing so because they realized he aided their looting by helping them move their loots.

Godwin Emiefele has proven himself as one of the most faithful dog of the Northern Cabal. It is only natural that the Northern Cabal would want a Southern president that they can order around.

Hmm

Eme what?

The perfect puppet

Nigeria will get worst whoever wins the 2023 election.

Unfortunate Nigeria

If U don't have plans to leave dis country by now, then U shld know these greedy mofos in power have plans to continue in perpetuity

This getting very interesting
The most usel*ss set of people hustling for the most elevated sit in Nigeria.

They are just using us to catch cruise.. Well, anything is possible in this country.

FAKE NEWS!!

I don't even like Tinubu, Osinbajo or the third man of APC, I prefer Atiku, I swear.

I heard about this (Emefiele) last year, but I thought it was a joke.

RichDad1:
We play too much in this country.
Nigerian press are one of the most useless and speculative in Africa.

Is Emefiele not qualified ?

Why are you crying all over the place

PrinceOfLagos:
Failed project because they didn't back Tinubu

So you want Tinubu to go to Aso rock and be peeing everywhere

Bros.. you no nice o

As far as power wil shift to south and Tinubu is schemmed out of context,it is welcomed by we the southerners .....Say no to old layers

Emefiele the mannequin