– President Muhammadu Buhari has been
endorsed for a second term in office
– Members of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) caucus endorsed Buhari at a meeting
held on Tuesday night
– A source privy to the situation in the party
revealed why the caucus made the
endorsement before 2019 presidential
election
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)
members of the national caucus on March 23,
revealed their candidate for the 2019
presidential election.
President Muhammadu Buhari has been
endorsed by AOC caucus for 2019.
Vanguard reports that the national caucus
comprising serving and former governors, the
National Assembly leadership, and selected
members of the national executive of the
party at a meeting held on Tuesday night
endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari to
run for a second term in office.
According to them, the endorsement of Buhari
for a second term would help to stabilise the
polity considering the 16-year rot inherited
from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The caucus at the meeting constituted a
committee to resolve all pending issues in the
party among other pressing issues agreed on.
It was gathered that the caucus agreed that
President Buhari should be allowed to seek a
second term, though some of the caucus
members also noted that it was too early to
kick start a second term campaign for the
president.
It was further learnt that the matter was
brought to the fore in a bid to curb
restiveness among some party leaders, who
have been split over their 2019 political
ambition.
The development is attributed to the
problems that led to the crisis in the National
Assembly and also the inability of the party
to inaugurate its board of trustees (BoT) till
date.
A source privy to the situation in the party
said: “With Buhari contesting in 2019, those
who have been squabbling will now have to
queue up behind him and put the interest of
the party ahead.”
In a related development, senators elected on
the platform of the party on Tuesday night
also decided to work together. In a meeting
held in Abuja, the senators vowed to unify
themselves in order not to misplace their
influence to the more united PDP caucus in
the house.
However, the national chairman of the party,
chief John Odigie-Oyegun, who spoke with
journalists at the end of the meeting, clarified
that there was no threat against his position.
He dismissed reports of pressure on him to
resign his office, saying: “I am not aware that
my office is under threat. I led the party to
the State House. It amazes me, occasionally
it annoys me. That is one of the things you
have to endure when you are in a position
like mine.”
The national chairman confirmed that a
committee was set up to resolve all the
crises in the party. He urged Nigerians to
give the party time to deliver, assuring them
that the administration would pick up after
the 2016 budget is passed.
As part of efforts to avoid fissures and
internal feuds in the party, the president has
ordered the worth-west governors and
leaders to reunite Governor Abdullahi Umar
Ganduje and his predecessor, Senator Rabiu
Kwankwaso.
Meanwhile, as the party is busy settling
personal issues and internal disputes as well
as preparing for 2019 presidential election,
the country’s major opposition party, the
Peoples Democratic Party has asked
President Buhari to constitute a panel that
will investigate the violence that
characterised the Rivers state rerun
parliamentary election.
Title : APC CACUS ENDORSES BUHARI FOR SECOND TIME IN OFFICE
Description : – President Muhammadu Buhari has been endorsed for a second term in office – Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus endo...