A two-term Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, joined the long list of presidential aspirants in the country, Wednesday, as he declared his ambition to contest for the office of the President of Nigeria, in the forthcoming 2023 General election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Amosun, a Senator representing Ogun Central Senatorial District made this known in a letter addressed to the president of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, which was read out at the opening of plenary on Wednesday.
The Abeokuta-born federal lawmaker in the letter said having gained vast experience in private and public life, he has decided to run for president to “provide a leadership that will galvanize our dear country to achieve her manifest destiny as leader in Africa and of the black race.”
Amosun, who is one of the stout allies of President Muhammadu Buhari since their days together in the defunct ANPP and CPC, in the letter also added that the official declaration event will hold on Thursday 05 May, 2022, at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, CBD, Abuja, FCT.
The notice by the APC stalwart partly read, “I bring you warm greetings from my family, my constituents, the entire people of Ogun State, and my support groups across Nigeria.
“It is with the greatest respect that I write to notify you and my Distinguished Colleagues of my intention to contest for the Office of President of our dear country, the Federal Republic of Nigeria and to respectfully invite you and my Distinguished Colleagues to the formal declaration ceremony.
“I have been blessed by God to serve as Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria between 2003 and 2007 and as a two-term Governor of Ogun State between 2011 and 2019. I have also had the privilege to be elected a second time to the Senate of the Federal Republic in 2019 where I currently serve the good people of Ogun Central Senatorial District.
“My varied experience in private and public life has imbued me with requisite insights, experiences and network of relationships adequate to provide a leadership that will galvanize our dear country to achieve her manifest destiny as leader in Africa and of the black race.
“I will be honoured with your esteemed presence and that of my Distinguished Colleagues at the Declaration event which is scheduled as follows: Date: Thursday 05 May, 2022. Time: 11.00am. Venue: Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, CBD, Abuja, FCT.
“I seek the prayers of all of you for a successful declaration ceremony, victory at the party primaries and the 2023 presidential election.”
