Victor EzejaFacts have emerged that members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have rejected an offer of $50,000 made to each of them to accept Ahmad Lawan, senate president, as the party’s consensus presidential candidate for the 2023 general election.
APC national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu had called a meeting of NWC by 1pm on Monday in Abuja.
Sources privy to the meeting informed our correspondent in Abuja that Adamu told the NWC members that President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed Ahmed Lawan as presidential candidate of the party.
The NWC members as Prime Business Africa gathered, opposed the decision, saying it couldn’t have been true given what the northern governors had said that power should shift to the south and the response of the southern governors in that regard.
In reaction to that also the NWC members said that given what President Buhari had said in respect of the positions of both northern and southern governors it could be a mere case of name dropping of the president.
The 22 APC governors from northern and southern regions of the country were said to have also opposed the move as it’s against their position on emergence of presidential candidate.
The 11 northern APC governors had on Saturday night after their meeting, issued a statement declaring their resolution that the party should zone it’s selection of presidential candidate for the 2023 election to the south.
President Buhari has, however distanced himself from the said endorsement, declaring that he has anointed no one and there shall be no imposition of candidate on the party members.
Victor Ezeja is a passionate journalist with six years of experience writing on economy, politics and energy. He holds a Masters degree in Mass Communication.
Vote-buying before the general election itself. This is interesting. For someone who has been in the national assembly since 1999. I think a test of presidency wouldn’t be too much for him. Since anybody and everybody can become President in Nigeria. Why not buy your way into presidency. I’m very sure much more will emerge soon enough.