Aduragbemi Omiyale
By Aduragbemi Omiyale
President Muhammadu Buhari has maintained that he has no preferred candidate for the presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) taking place on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Eagle Square, Abuja.
At a meeting with 14 governors elected on the platform of the ruling party from the northern region of the country on Monday, Mr Buhari said he will not support the “imposition of any candidate on the party” as the association prepares for tomorrow’s event.
At the gathering held at the State House, the President emphasised that at the moment, he has “no preferred candidate” or an “anointed no one,” noting that APC is important and its members must be respected and made to feel they are important.
According to him, he had a clear mind about what he was doing and asked the APC governors to feel the same way.
“You were elected as I was. Have a clear mind as I have. God gave us the chance; we have no reason to complain. We must be ready to take pain as we take joy. Allow the delegates to decide. The Party must participate, nobody will appoint anybody,” he declared.
Earlier in their addresses, the Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, Governor Simon Bako Lalong of Plateau State and Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, who doubles as the Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum, said they had come to affirm the position of the Northern Governors that the party’s candidate in the presidential election shall come from the southern part of the country.
They apologised to the President for the leakage of their signed memorandum which was not in support of any particular candidate and gave assurances to the President on their readiness to accept his leadership on the matter.
