Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has hailed
the endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari by members of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) as the party’s presidential candidate for the 2019
elections.
Speaking to the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday,Omo-Agege at the venue of the APC National Presidential
Convention in Abuja, Omo-Agege, the Senator representing Delta State Central
Senatorial District, commended the party’s leadership over success of the convention.
He said the ruling party chose to
elect Buhari as its presidential candidate to show opposition party the
challenges to face in 2019.
According to him, the number of
votes polled by Buhari from delegates alone at the APC Convention was a message
to opposition parties.
‘’This is the first time this is
happening. We decided to go by the option provided in the Electoral Act and our
constitution to permit members to directly nominate Mr President at the wards.
”We did this to be able to show
to Nigerians unlike in the past where a couple of delegates were doing the
nominations.
”Here we have over 14 million
card carrying members who did the nomination that will also send a message to
the other side about the challenges they face as they come into the contest
with Mr President in 2019,” Omo-Agege said.
President Buhari scored a total
of 14,842,072 votes at the party’s recent presidential primaries held across
the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as
announced by Dr Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti State Governor-elect, to emerge as the
party’s candidate.
Fayemi, who was the Chairman APC
Presidential Primary Committee, later asked the no fewer than 7,00 delegates
from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to
affirm the president’s candidacy through a yes vote, which they did.
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Brainless mumu. Are choosing Buhari bcos you want a tough challenger or choosing Buhari to impact the life of our generation. Misplaced priority, Useless pple, Father for nothing. I hope that's not what you're teaching your children? Nonsense.
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