Senator Ahmed Sani Yarima who is one of the founding members of the All Progressives Congress(APC) and a three-term Senator has stated that there is no agreement between Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Nigerian President, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari on transfer of power in 2023.
The former Governor of Zamfara State who is also from the North West region like President Muhammadu Buhari, stated that the Presidents recent statement of not having a candidate shows there is no memorandum of understanding (MoU) with any other politician.
The Senator stated that,
“I don’t think Nigeria belongs to any of them and I don’t think anyone in any position can determine what Nigeria should have. Politics is about election for people to decide what they want. So it is the majority of the people that will determine who they want.”
“If President Buhari signed an agreement with Mr. Asiwaju, that agreement cannot be implemented even in getting the ticket. It cannot guarantee Mr. Asiwaju a ticket, for example, the President has announced and the party has decided that our primary is going to be direct, just like we elected Mr. President during the primaries of the last general elections, will he direct everybody to go and vote for Mr. Asiwaju? he asked.
“Because, I believe it is going to be a free and fair election, agreement or no agreement is a political statement, but I don’t think that is possible because I don’t think that President Buhari that I know, will sign any such agreement. He knows that he doesn’t have the powers and the authority to hand over power to whomever he so wishes. He said it is going to be free and fair; in fact, he even said it in the open that he doesn’t have any candidate. So, these are just speculations,” he said.
