POLITICS: I NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO PICK MY SUCCESSOR, BUHARI TELLS APC GOVERNORS
Truth be told, no incumbent president would have concealed his intention has to who succeeds them in office. This portends the decision of president Buhari, as he lobby’s support from governors under the progressive umbrella.
Today, President Muhammadu Buhari has told governors of his party, APC, that he would want to pick his successor and needs the governors to support him to do so.
Mr Buhari said this Tuesday at a meeting with governors elected on the APC platform at the State House, Abuja.
“In keeping with the established internal policies of the Party and as we approach the Convention in a few days, therefore, I wish to solicit the reciprocity and support of the Governors and other stakeholders in picking my successor, who would fly the flag of our party for election into the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2023,” the president said at the meeting which was also attended by the APC national chairman.
Mr Buhari told the governors that he realises the ‘compelling need’ for him to provide ‘stronger leadership to the party under this transition process.’
The stronger leadership, Mr Buhari said, is not only to ensure that APC’s electoral fortunes improve but also to ensure that the party ‘retains power at the centre’ by winning the presidential election.
Though the preferred candidate of the president is still sketchy, but sources available to the HeraldersTimes has it that, the president might have been rallying supports from the APC governors, so, as to return power to former president Good luck Jonathan— which sources described that, he Goodluck Jonathan had always been in the good book of president Buhari.
