2015: Nobody can stop me if I decide to run for presidency – Tinubu

The Custodian April 17, 2014

Former Governor of Lagos State and a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has declared that nobody can stop his ambition in 2015 if he declares for the Presidency.

According to him, he has the right to be the President of Nigeria regardless of his religion and state of origin.

He advised those opposing his political aspiration to find something else to do.

Speaking yesterday at the APC secretariat in Lagos, Tinubu stated that the APC will field the best candidate in 2015 election, whether the person is a Christian or a Muslim.

Speaking, he told party members, that during the 2015 presidency, “I will let you know my decision.”

“We must choose the right person to lead the battle, and nobody, no one under the sun, under the United Nations Human Rights Charter can stop Bola Tinubu’s ambition,” he said.

“If I want to be the President, I have the right, regardless of which zone, religion and state.”

They further carpeted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under the state of the nation, saying that President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration has failed Nigerians.

His words: “The solution to the suffering of the masses is not about the prayer of a pastor or about the Islamic cleric. What we are talking about is not an election of a vicar or bishop not of a Muslim Imam or cleric; it is about individual with the character and the brain and the capacity to govern. “If you are a Christian and you are good, you will win our support.

“If you are a Muslim and you are good, you will win our support. At the time of need, we must choose right leaders to face the battle and confront the challenge facing the country.”

On whether Governor Babatunde Fashola’s successor should be a Muslim or Christian, Tinubu urged the party’s faithful to shun those promoting Muslim or Christian agenda in Lagos.

“We are not going to listen to them; we are going to do our best. If a Christian is competent and qualified in Lagos, we would vote massively for him or her. Don’t listen to their campaign; listen to your leaders.”