THE RACE HAS BEGAN! HOW FAYEMI’S ELECTION AS GOVERNORS’ FORUM CHAIRMAN COULD ALTER TINUBU’S 2023 CHANCES

Fayemi was chosen by a consensus after he was nominated by Nasir el-Rufai, with Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta state, seconding his nomination.

Members also elected Governor Aminu Tambwal of Sokoto state as the vice-chairman of the forum. He was nominated by Akinwumi Ambode, governor of Lagos state and seconded by Rotimi Akeredolu, his Ondo state counterpart.

If you look closely at the state executives who have been nominated and those who nominated them, you will find out they are people who have at one time or another had a running battle with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Depending on the angle you are looking from, the former Lagos governor is the greatest loser in this new political arrangement.

Both men have had a history of battles that dates back to the primary election of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti State. Tinubu had his preferred candidate for the election while Fayemi, who was then a federal minister did not hide the fact he was riding on federal might to bulldoze his way back to the seat of power he lost to Governor Ayodele Fayose. That battle eventually consumed former APC chairman, John Oyegun.

 Source: http://www.dailyadvent.com/politics/2019/05/23/the-race-has-began-how-fayemis-election-as-governors-forum-chairman-could-alter-tinubus-2023-chances/