Four years ahead of the 2023 Presidential election, posters of three chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) – Bola Tinubu, Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State and the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole – have flooded parts of the country, a report this morning by The PUNCH said.

It said that in Kaduna city, posters which read, ‘El-Rufai 2023 (Mai Aiki) for President, Federal Republic of Nigeria’, sponsored by the Northern Youth Forum were seen in various parts of the state on Sunday.

“In Ikeja, a large billboard of Tinubu could be seen around the ‘Ikeja Along’ bus-stop, with the words, ‘BAT 2023’, although it has since been taken down,” the report further said.

It added that in some parts of Abuja, “posters of Oshiomhole, and el-Rufai as his running mate can be seen pasted on public infrastructure like traffic kiosks.

“On the poster with the heading, ‘Mandate 2023’, it is stated that the advertisement was sponsored by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria.”

However, none of the three political heavyweights has publicly announced their intention to contest the 2023 presidential ballot.