President Muhammadu Buhari has advised the ad hoc delegates who have been elected to pick the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate to exercise their franchise without manipulation or inducement.
Gatekeepers News reports that Femi Adesina, Presidential Spokesman, quoted his principal – President Buhari as saying this in a statement on Monday.
Although Abdullahi Adamu, APC National Chairman had earlier declared Senate President Ahmad Lawan as the party’s consensus candidate, the party’s governors, however, insisted that the presidential ticket must go to the south.
However, Buhari said there will be no imposition of a presidential candidate on the party.
The President said the outcome of the presidential primary election should show that the APC is a democratic party.
“As I said when I met with the Progressives Governors Forum last week, the outcome of this primary election should prove to the world the positive quality of the APC regarding democratic principles, culture as well as leadership,” he said.
According to him, the APC stands for positive change, and that they must reflect this in all areas of their lives and conduct.
“The true pillars of the party, who have been our strength from formation, to our first electoral victory, to the second in 2019, and to the third, by the grace of Almighty Allah, in 2023,” he added.
President Buhari further advised the delegates to vote wisely, and pick a standard-bearer that would fly the flag of the party to victory in 2023.
