We indeed have the right, even duty, to express and rigorously articulate our support to any politician’s ambition as we can if we believe this is in the public interest.
Therefore, should Senator Goje accept to contest for the national chairmanship position of the APC, the party should not hesitate to do the needful.
I’m not holding a brief for Goje but if APC wants to go beyond 2023, the most qualified person to drive the party is Goje. Talking about his experience, he single-handedly wrestled power from an incumbent governor, late Abubakar Habu Hashidu, in 2003, led the APC in 2019 to overwhelmingly and unprecedentedly win all the elective positions in Gombe state except only four of the 24 state assembly seats, defeating PDP that had ruled the state for 16 years.
Aare Wole Arisekola writes from Ibadan.