A pro-All Progressives Congress (APC) group, on the aegis of APC Youth Development Forum (APC-YDF), has called on the national leadership of the party and its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to consider and adopt the Chief Ezekiel Afunkoyo as his Vice Presidential candidate.

While the party has less than two days to decide on who flies the joint ticket with the presidential candidate, there have been divergent opinions on the personality and geo-political zone to be considered in picking a Vice Presidential candidate.

In a statement released on Wednesday in Abuja by the National President of APC-YDF, Comrade Solomon Audu said the ongoing consultations on the options available to the party is considering a presidential pair for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.


He said, “The call to adopt governor Chief Ezekiel Afunkoyo as Tinubu’s Vice is based on his performance as a businessman, acceptability among his colleagues and Nigerians, his sense of justice and equity and his contributions to the development of APC as a ruling party.”

He said Cheif Ezekiel is known for “his sound character and his gentle disposition, a bridge between the young and the old, who has no record of religious bigotry, physically fit and mentally balanced and a bridge-builder between the North and the South, among others, suit him for the position.

“The experience gained as a politician will certainly come in handy in his role as Vice President”.

He, however, explained that it is time for Taraba State to produce the next Vice President.

He noted that Taraba state has produced committed and devout leaders who have left no stone unturned in ensuring the growth and betterment of the party both at the state and national levels.



He, therefore, called on the attention of the leadership of the party as well as the APC presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to look towards Taraba state to produce a running for his Presidential race.

Comrade Audu further hailed Former two times Governor of Lagos State, Tinubu and assured him of the support of the teaming Nigerian youths in the forthcoming general polls.

He also encouraged the leadership of the party to be conscious of the plight of the people with an emphasis on balanced governance for the sake of peace and unity.

Meanwhile, Afunkoyo was a key player in the victory of APC in 2015, haven made selfless commitments and sacrifices with massive campaigns across the northeast and Nigeria in its entirety.

He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Hospital. He is a 3times Governorship Aspirant in Taraba State and also a Member of the Presidential Defence Think-tank Committee. Chief Afukonyo was the Chairmanship Candidate for National Republican Convention Party from 1994 to 1995. From 1995 until 1996, he held the position of Director of Research and Member of the Board of Trustees of the Democratic People’s Party(DPN).

In 2011 he was appointed as GMB 2011 Campaign Coordinator for Taraba State and was later a Gubernatorial Aspirant of the then newly birthed Congress for Progressive Change(CPC) in Taraba State. He led a massive crusade of Supporters during the 2015 general elections, which birthed President Muhammadu Buhari as President under the victorious mandate of the APC. In 2019, Chief Afukonyo made several efforts to ensure that the ruling All Progressive Congress-APC remained in power, especially at the presidential level which was achieved.