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Tinubu Supporters Reject ‘Plot’ To impose Consensus Candidate After Buhari Told APC Governors To Allow Him To Choose Successor
- Say Tinubu Helped Buhari Emerge President In 2015 And Has Great Vision For Nigeria
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that supporters of the frontline contender for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday kicked against moves to adopt consensus arrangement in deciding the standard-bearer of the party for the 2023 election.
It would be recalled that during yesterday’s consultative meeting with APC Governors at the Aso Presidential Villa, Buhari highlighted the internal policies of the APC which allowed “first term governors who have served credibly well …to stand for re-election’ and ‘second term governors … accorded the privilege of promoting successors that are capable of driving their visions”.
The President, therefore, solicited for ‘reciprocity and support of Governors and other stakeholders in picking’ his successor, ‘who would fly the flag of our party for election into the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2023″.
The groups, under the aegis of Northern Young Professionals for Tinubu (NYPT) and Tinubu Support Organisation (TSO), said Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, has a great vision for Nigeria and should be compensated for the role he played in the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015.
Reading a text of the press conference signed by the National Coordinators of the NYPT and TSO, Abdullahi Tanko Yakasai and Aminu Suleiman, Yakasai asked the Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee (NWC) to provide a level-playing field for all the presidential aspirants to slug it out.
Yakasai said for the party to retain power in 2023 and deliver the dividend of democracy to Nigerians, it must conduct a free, fair, credible and transparent presidential primary and pick the right candidate.
The groups called on delegates not to sell their conscience by receiving money and other forms of gratifications from aspirants for the purpose of voting them.
“The party cannot afford at this time to play to allow some few selfish individuals to circumvent the universal practice of due process and the laid down rules as contained in our party’s constitution for picking candidates for various elective positions to contest election on the party’s platform.
“We see such machinations being orchestrated by enemies within the party to undermine the ambition of our principal, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
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“Yesterday (Tuesday) President Muhammadu Buhari during his speech made it clear that we need someone who is strong enough to deliver the party in the general election. But some people have decided to twist the statement of Mr. President that he was calling for consensus,” Yakasai said.
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