{"id":167128,"date":"2022-03-25T06:26:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T05:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=167128"},"modified":"2022-03-25T06:27:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T05:27:05","slug":"lalong-reveals-buharis-preferred-candidate-for-apc-national-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/25\/lalong-reveals-buharis-preferred-candidate-for-apc-national-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"Lalong reveals Buhari&#8217;s preferred candidate for APC national chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari told governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that he would prefer Abdullahi Adamu as the party&#8217;s national chairman.<\/p>\n<p>The president had held a meeting with the APC governors on Wednesday, after which Atiku Bagudu, chairman of the Progressive Governors\u2019 Forum (PGF), had stated that\u00a0the governors would support Buhari\u2019s preferred chairmanship candidate.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">Speaking on Thursday when he featured on Channels TV\u2019s Politics Today, Lalong said Buhari had earlier said he would prefer for the party\u2019s national chairmanship slot to be zoned to the north-central.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cThe president said he preferred the chairman should come from the north-central zone,\u201d the Plateau governor said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cThen we went back again after deliberations and we asked \u2018do you have a preferred candidate in the north-central zone?\u2019\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"acssf62a8\">He said, \u2018yes, I will prefer if Abdullahi has met the choice\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">Lalong added that Buhari believes in the competence of all the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/24\/national-convention-buhari-hosts-apc-chairmanship-aspirants\/\">aspirants<\/a>, adding that\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"acssf62a8\">party delegates who feel otherwise can vote for their choice at the forthcoming convention.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cThe president took them one by one to explain his relationship with all of them and how they are all capable of becoming chairman. They all have capacity. But the constitution provides that there must be one person,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cSo, even if you insist that who would I prefer, I will also say it\u2019s done; even governors do that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cHowever, they are all going into the elections. If you think otherwise, you can vote anybody.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">Buhari\u2019s choice of Abdullahi Adamu has been a subject of controversy with questions on if the president\u2019s preference won\u2019t seem like an imposition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">Adamu, who served as governor of Nasarawa between 1999 and 2007 and is currently the senator representing Nasarawa west, chairs the APC national reconciliation committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">Adams Oshiomhole, former governor of Edo, was picked as APC national chairman in 2018 under similar circumstances. He was unchallenged.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">The ruling party\u2019s constitution provides for consensus candidates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">Adamu is also said to be \u201cpreferred\u201d among party bigwigs and is reported to have received the endorsement of stakeholders.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari told governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that he would prefer Abdullahi Adamu as the party&#8217;s national chairman. 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