National Chairman of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, John Odigie-Oyegun, has reacted to statement
credited to Bisi Akande, that there will be no automatic ticket for President
Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.
The APC Chairman had in May this
year stated that the party would give Buhari right of first refusal for the
party’s presidential ticket in 2019.
The former National Chairman of
the party had at the end of a stakeholders meeting of South-west APC last
Thursday, held at the Agodi Government House, Ibadan, Oyo State, declared that
the presidential ticket of the party was open to all.
While fielding questions about
the position of the party on Buhari’s speculated second term ambition, Akande
stated, “He has not told us he is running in 2019. Anybody in our party is free
to become the president of Nigeria as long as he indicates interest.
“We have a process through which
a candidate will be selected. If he is lucky to get the ticket, then we have no
option than to present him as our candidate.”
In reaction, Oyegun told ThisDay
that Akande only gave his personal position.
He said, “That’s his personal
view. He said what he felt. There is really nothing to comment about – nothing.
That is his personal view.”
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everydayAdvertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com