Some Governors currently serving
on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have called on
President Muhammadu Buhari to seek re-election for a second term in office.
According to them, there is no
candidate better than Buahri to fly the party’s flag in the 2019 presidential
election.
Speaking in separate interviews
with reporters before the commencement of the National Executive Committee
meeting of the party in Abuja, the governors said that the belief that
President Buhari’s integrity, coupled with his performance since 2015 remain
unbeatable.
Plateau State governor, Simon
Lalong said that all the governors have unanimously agreed to work for the
President’s re-election.
He said, “Concerning the issue of
a sole ticket for Mr President, I want to say that if Mr President is
performing, well respected and carrying everybody along, all of us have
resolved that we will work for him.
“Do we have any other person that
will challenge the President again? Whatever you call it, as far as we are
concerned, we have one President and that is the ticket we will fly.
“I want to assure you that you
won’t see a wrangling party after the meeting. From now onwards, it will be a
focused governance from Mr President and all the governors from the states. We
have all resolved to support Mr President.”
On his part, Nasarawa state
governor, Tanko Al-Makura said, “For anybody to preempt the consensus opinion
of the people is to say the least, not fair to the vision of our party. I can
tell you that if there is anything that is clandestine, the President will not
honour it, so let wait and see as we embark on these meetings.
“I believe the consensus and the
preponderance of opinion of all party members will be what is good for this
country, and we have already known the will of this country, the future of this
country as we are now as a country is associated with one person, who is
impeccable, who has the greatest amount of integrity that you can find in any
human being around, so your guest is as good as mine.”
Also adding his voice, Kebbi
state governor, Atiku Bagudu said: “the performance of the President in the
last two and half years suggest that if he wants to contest, l will certainly
support him and l know that our party members feel the same about him.”
He said, “If Mr president wants
to run for election, he will follow all the processes and if he is the person,
we will all support him. In APC, there is no imposition of a candidate. If Buhari
is running, I will allow that man to continue but if he is not running, I won’t
sacrifice my Presidential ambition.
“Mr President is showing the
right leadership and taking the very right steps and there is reconciliation
going on even with nobody talking about it. There is the spirit of
reconciliation and people understand their role.
“Our role is to make this party
great and we are all trying to do that input own form but importantly the
governor have remained the pivot upon which this wheels of change has rotated
so far, we have kept this party working and after this meeting our congresses
and convention will commence in the early part of next year and all party
organs will be strengthened. We are in good mood and high spirits.”
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