Two Presidential aspirants under
the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have rejected the party’s
National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole’s endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari
for a second term.
The aspirants include, Dr. SKC
Ogbonnia and Adamu Garba.
Oshiomhole had on Monday declared
that Buhari, as the incumbent, had a right of first refusal of the party’s
presidential ticket.
However, speaking with Vanguard,
Ogbonnia said, “Comrade Oshiomhole is not speaking for the party but for
himself. The APC leader, Bola Tinubu, made it clear that the presidential
ticket of the party was open. Buhari, too, was quoted severally to support the
rule of law and internal party democracy within APC.”
On his part, Garba said: “APC is
purely a democratic party and will do nothing anti-democratic in its
operations. We have started a process to formally go to his office and declare
our interest in the office of the President.
“That I believe will remove the
conditionality of the first right of refusal since it is evident that it is not
only the President that is interested in the office of the President under the
party.”
Does the Buhari himself respect the rule of law?
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