Mr Sanwo-Olu described the lawmaker’s death as shocking and a great loss to the state.
The former Abia governor said that he had anticipated that the party’s presidential candidate would emerge through consensus.
”We have since been blessed with a new opportunity to build on the hope and the potential of June 12, 1993…and posterity will not forgive us if we squander it.”
Mr Umahi, a presidential aspirant, expressed his optimism at a town hall meeting between Mr Buhari and South-East leaders in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, on Friday.
As part of the programme lined up by Mr Tinubu whose 70th birthday comes up on March 29.
“If you hear them saying, can I do it? I am not applying for the job of a grave digger; not race running, I am not a horse. I am not applying for bricklaying.”
The chieftain said Mr Tinubu should rather be a kingmaker, given his standing in the party.
