I won’t give up until APC gets consensus presidential candidate – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said to his party that he would continue to be involved in process for selecting its consensus presidential flag bearer.
He said this when he met the presidential aspirants of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday night.
Buhari avowed he would effectively lead the process “until we successfully make the choice on the candidate that will fly the flag of our party.”
The president also urged the governors to work together to ensure the party achieve the purpose, adding the candidate should be such that “will give Nigerians a sense of hope and confidence, while ensuring victory for our party.”
The “choice of flag bearer”, the president said, “must be formidable, appealing to the electorate across the board and should command such ability to unify the country and capacity to address our critical challenges.”
Citing the recommendation of the party’s screening committee on “consensus building”, the president “urge all of you to hold consultations amongst yourselves and with the party, with a view to building a consensus in a manner that would help the party reduce the number of aspirants, bring up a formidable candidate and scale down the anxiety of party members.”
The APC will on June 6 hold its national convention where a flag bear for the party is expected to emerge. With the party’s northern governors backing power shift to the south, the list of presidential aspirants in the party has been further pruned. The leading aspirants from the southern zone are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Governor Kayode Fayemi, Rotimi Amaechi, Ogbonnaya Onu and Governor David Umuahi.
