Former Governor of Ogun State and Senator representing Ogun Central District, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has declared to run for president on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Amosun declared his presidential on Thursday afternoon at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja.
He said, “Today, I am formally announcing my candidacy for the Presidential ticket of our great party, the All Progressives Congress and the Presidency of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“I do so conscious of the immensity of the tasks that lie ahead in our country and the magnitude of the sacrifices that anybody who wishes to lead our country into the next phase must make.
“This is to honor a historic call and duty to lead the next phase of our collective journey to national glory. It is a duty to reenergize our faith in the future of this country even in the face of the threats to our national sovereignty by insurgents and terrorists; a duty to renew hope in our collective destiny even in the light of some doubts expressed and mobilized in some quarters about our shared fate.”
Those who attended his declaration were his wife, Olufunso Amosun, the representative of the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, and lawmakers from both chambers of the national assembly.