Some governors on the
platform of All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, rooted for
automatic ticket for President Muhammadu Buhari for 2019 presidential election.
The governors, who spoke
on the sidelines of the party’s National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting in
Abuja, included chairman of APC Governors Forum, Rochas Okorocha of Imo State;
Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State; Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State and their
counterpart in Plateau, Simon Lalong.
This came as the
National Executive Committee, NEC, of the party in Abuja, yesterday, deferred
an ‘informal’ motion to endorse an automatic second term ticket for the
President.
Speaking with
journalists before the NEC meeting started, Nasarawa State governor, Umar Tanko
Al-Makura, said for now, there is no better candidate than the incumbent
President, who he described as the most impeccable man that could be found
around.
He said: “The tone for
this meeting has been set since yesterday (Monday) when we had the caucus
meeting… You see, APC as a party, epitomises democracy. For anybody to pre-empt
the consensus opinion of the people is to say the least unfair to the vision of
our party.
‘’I can tell you if
there is anything that is clandestine, the President will not honour it, so let
us wait and see. As we embark on these meetings, I believe the consensus and
the preponderance of opinions of all party members will be what is good for
this country, and we have already known the will of God for this country.
“The future of this
country as we are now, is associated with one person who is impeccable, who has
the greatest amount of integrity that you can find in any human being around,
so your guess is as good as mine.”
On his part, Kebbi State
governor, Atiku Bagudu, said the performance of the President in the over two
years he had been in the saddle, is something that will work in his favour
ahead of the next general elections.
The governor said he
will throw his support behind the President should he decide to take another
shot at the office.
“Everyone believes two
things about Mr. President. He is very, very sincere in his views and he has
his own style of doing things.
“I think for APC
members, it is a democratic party, but the performance of the President in the
last two and half years suggests that if he wants to contest, l will certainly
support him and l know that our party members feel the same about him,” he
declared.
Speaking in a similar
vein, Plateau State governor, Simon Lalong, said the party has no choice than
to field the President for the 2019 elections.
He said: “Concerning
the issue of a sole ticket for Mr President, I want to say that if Mr President
is performing, well-respected and carrying everybody along, all of us have
resolved that we will work for him.
“Do we have any other
person that will challenge the President again? Whatever you call it, as far as
we are concerned, we have one President and that is the ticket we will fly.”
Vanguard.
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