The cabal around President Muhammadu Buhari has been thrown into a dilemma on pushing forward a successor to the outgoing president after ruling out a number of powerful individuals in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC including some within the government.

While the cabal is said to know those in their permutation who will not succeed Buhari, they are according to multiple sources confused over who will.

That confusion in finding an amenable Southern presidential material, according to multiple sources, was at the weekend giving life to the once unfathomable prospects of the dutiful minister of state, petroleum, Timipire Sylva emerging as Buhari’s proverbial dark horse.

APC sources in Bayelsa State and authoritative sources in Abuja gave credence to the permutation on Sylva which though had been mentioned in the past was now getting a life of its own.

The powerful cabal around the president consisting mostly of kin from Katsina and party loyalists from the North it was gathered have been flummoxed by the determination of some of those they had initially ruled out from forging ahead. Two of those it was gathered are Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who it was learnt has insisted on exercising his democratic rights in a free and fair primary. He appears to be the man to beat, all things being equal.

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, another prospect has also shocked the cabal with the weight of favour that his aspiration has garnered. However, the cabal it was gathered, is unshaken by different polls and studies that put Osinbajo as one of the best bets for the APC to retain power in 2023 with insinuations of lack of trust in the professor.

The prospects of Governor Kayode Fayemi who is also said to be preparing to roll out his campaigns are also said not to have won the favour of the cabal.

However, many, mostly from the South including Rotimi Amaechi, Ibikunle Amosun, President Goodluck Jonathan among others are said to have been considered by the cabal. Jonathan it was gathered has, however, given as his condition that he must be adopted as a consensus, a prospect that the cabal has not been able to guarantee.

Mandate2023:
Cabals that have no political structures.....only taking advantage of d presidency, dey should remain in aso rock, 2023 don near

Moferere:


Don't mind them. I will continue to say it, with their indecision, Tinubu will emerge as the flag bearer

Mandate2023:
Cabals that have no political structures.....only taking advantage of d presidency, dey should remain in aso rock, 2023 don near

Formularcr7:
Simply support whoever emerge as the party candidate after primaries

MikoB:
Rubbish! No more good investigative journalism again in naija, everything now is speculation, for your own information or for every person that will see this post, I am telling you authoritatively that osinbajo is buhari's candidate, leave all these brown envelopes takers calling themselves journalists alone.Honouranble Muhammed, buhari's nephew and house of reps member from daura was in osinbajo's entourage to ibadan yesterday, what else do you need to see before you know the VP is buhari's choice, even though I got my information before yesterday, but for people reading, this is obviously obvious.

cktheluckyman:

Cabal without structures has been controlling APC for over two years now while Tinubu with all his structures has been sidelined

Mandate2023:


Dey have been controlling for more than 2years, dey permutated d sacking of oshiomole for buni to hold d primary but dey lost out, dey permutated adamu into Buhari supporting him and SW gave them omisore as general secretary, that alone must have affected some of there plans as adamu is too old to be active and omisore will stand firm...its obvious dey can't force a consensus on d party and as dey have no power on delegates we will watch out for there next moves.......dis r ppl that are taking advantage of power bcoz dey r close to Buhari

cktheluckyman:


you are still living in denial?? Your SW region will not even smell the gates of aso rock let alone getting inside.

Osibanjo won't even make the top 5 aspirants in APC

cktheluckyman:


I thought Oyetola was also buni's secretary ? What could he do to the cabal? You think Adamu is old and weak? Who is physically stronger between him and Tinubu?

Mandate2023:


So what's d point of what u r saying exactly?

Don't just write lad, bring out ur point of making d cabal look immortal

Those contesting are ahead of adamu in thinking hw will d cabal decide who wins d primary?

Politically u want to compare adamu to tinubu.....all dis boys sef

I can see that tinubu and d whole SW are giving u nightmares continue crying up and down