Garba Shehu, senior special
assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on media, says his principal will not
support Adekunle Akinlade, preferred governorship candidate of Ibikunle Amosun,
governor of Ogun state.
Shehu said this in a statement
released after the visit of Amosun and Akinlade to the presidential villa on
Sunday.
Prior to Sunday’s visit, the duo
had earlier met with the president alongside Yusuf Dantalle, chairman of Allied
Peoples Movement (APM).
During that meeting, the APM
chairman had presented a letter to the president from his party, endorsing him
as their presidential candidate.
Akinlade could not secure the
governorship candidate, hence his defection to the party. This led to the
falling out of Amosun and Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All
Progressives Congress (APC).
But Shehu said Buhari, as leader
of the ruling party, would only support a candidate of the APC.
“Following repeated media
enquiries on the matter, the presidency wishes to state in clear and
unmistakable terms that as a party leader and a candidate on the platform of
the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the coming elections, President
Muhammadu Buhari will campaign for the party and all its candidates,” the
spokesman said.
“There is no doubt that the
president has no competition here in terms of popularity in the coming
elections. But the more support he gets, the wider the margin of victory there
will be.
“So please let there be no
confusion about this. President Buhari is APC. He will campaign for all APC
candidates, but he welcomes support and endorsements.”
He added that Buhari would not
decline support from citizens including candidates flying the flags of other
parties.
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