[JUST IN] Buhari Backs Southern Candidate As Successor

• A source said that President Buhari failed to name any consensus candidate

• The president also asked the southern aspirants to compete in the party’s primary

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari, has backed the emergence of a southerner as president in 2023.

He made this known at a dinner with the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirants in Abuja.

The PUNCH quoted a source as saying that Buhari failed to name any consensus candidate.

According to the source, the president also asked the southern aspirants to compete in the party’s primary.

Buhari had, at a meeting with APC governors on Tuesday, called for reciprocity in choosing his successor.

“In keeping with the established internal policies of the party and as we approach the convention in a few days, therefore, I wish to solicit the reciprocity and support of the governors and other stakeholders in picking my successor, who would fly the flag of our party for election into the office of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2023.