BREAKING: #APC Picks Ahmed Lawan As Consensus Candidate – #APCPrimaries—-Ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential primaries scheduled for tomorrow, APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu has announced Senate President, Dr. Ahmed Lawan as the party’s consensus candidate.
According to The Nation report, Adamu made the announcement at the meeting of National Working Committee (NWC) on Monday in Abuja.
According to a statement by Buhari’s media aide, Femi Adesina, the president had urged the aspirants to come up with a consensus candidate ahead of the party’s primary holding this week at the Eagles Square, Abuja.
Without prejudice to your qualifications, I urge all of you to hold consultations amongst yourselves and with the party, with a view to building a consensus in a manner that would help the party reduce the number of aspirants, bring up a formidable candidate and scale down the anxiety of party members,” the president was quoted to have said.
The president’s advice followed the decision of Northern governors elected on the platform of APC, who had asked him to pick a southerner as his successor.
But on Monday, June 6, 2022, the party Chairman, Adamu announced Lawan as the party’s consensus candidate.
Other aspirants including Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Dr. Kayode Fayemi and David Umahi, among others will however be allowed to contest the primary at the convention holding tomorrow at the Eagle Square, Abuja.
