A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has joined the 2023 presidential race.

Thelagostimes gathered that Olawepo-Hashim, who is set to pick his nomination form on Thursday at the APC secretariat in Abuja, noted that despite the fact that the country is presently “gripped in the claws of insecurity, worsening energy crises due to absence of local refining of Petroleum products, and inadequate electricity generation, transmission and distribution, a new and better Nigeria is still possible.”

“The current political trajectory of the country is dim and dark, as deep ethnic cleavages and bigotry have dominated the landscape accentuating the crises, undermining any initiative for a cohesive national redemption”, he noted.

According to him: “I have stepped out to ignite that fire, in my decision to seek the Presidency of the Federal Republic of Nigeria during the 2023 elections.

“Mine is not an ambition but a historic burden. It is a burden imposed on me right from my late teens when as an undergraduate youth activist, my generation committed ourselves to the struggle for social and economic development of Nigeria, as well as to the struggle for democratic rule.”

Olawepo-Hashim was a presidential candidate of the Trust Party in the 2019 elections, and Chief Executive Officer of Global Oil.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication from the University of Lagos; and a Master’s degree in Global Affairs from the University of Buckingham in the United Kingdom.