Former presidential  candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Major General Muhammadu Buhari(rtd) may after all contest the presidential ticket of the newly-registered All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015.

It was revealed that in spite of the entreaties to the national leader of the CPC and one of the prime movers of the new party to drop his ambition for a younger politician with a considerable national appeal, his insistence on fighting for the party ticket has unsettled his loyalists.

Recall that before the consummation of the merger deal by the opposition parties, the  former military head of state had in a recent media chat said he could drop his ambition for a better candidate.

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, is being touted as a more marketable candidate by the concerned Buhari faithful in the APC.

“By our calculations, a younger and vibrant politician should run as our candidate so as to give the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) a good fight; but from the way things are, we are stocked in between telling Buhari out-rightly not to run and allowing him to continue with some ripple effects coming our way later,” a Daily Sun source revealed.

But this is coming as the PDP yesterday accused the APC of lacking in a politician of pedigree among its rank for the 2015 presidency.

The party was reacting to the Tuesday’s call by the acting National Chairman of APC, Chief Bisi Akande  at its maiden press briefing on President Jonathan to abandon PDP for the new party.

Acting National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Caesar Okeke, declared that for asking President Goodluck Jonathan to join its fold, the APC has admitted that it has no presidential material in its fold.

The PDP claimed “ the leadership crisis rocking the opposition party just a few days after registration is an indication that the APC is a party of desperate power mongers whose only aim was to satisfy their egocentric interests”.

The ruling party further claimed that the APC has confirmed to Nigerians that” it does not believe in the leadership abilities of its prominent leaders, General Muhammadu Buhari and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu”.

Also, the Senior Special Adviser, Public Affairs to the President, Dr Doyin Okupe, in a statement, noted that the widely reported invitation by the APC on President Jonathan to join its fold clearly justified its earlier stance that” the opposition political party lacks the human resource to provide good and effective governance for the Nigerian nation and will always have to depend on the Peoples Democratic Party for leadership in all ramifications”.

Okupe queried the rationale for the invitation to a sitting president to dump his party for an opposition platform.

“ While it is not out of place for political parties to make overtures to those they believe have the capacity to assist them gain greater acceptability among the electorate, it is noteworthy that this invitation is being extended to a sitting President who was elected on the platform of another political party and whose unquestionable performance in the last two years have often been derided by this same political cynics.

“It is noteworthy that in extending its invitation to the President, the National Chairman of the APC made reference to what it called “crisis rocking the PDP”; forgetting that the real test of  leadership is not in running away from crisis but in resolving them firmly and fairly. The very nature of democratic politics envisages conflict of ideas, interests and aspirations which must be aggregated for the overall good of the public and which all true leaders must be mentally and emotionally prepared to tackle,” Okupe said

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/2015-buharis-ambition-splits-apc/

Lolzzz, APC, a very funny party with funny and confused people and, even 2015 is already looking funny

GEJ till 2019. Hater die.

GEJ the most reputable politician in nigeria.take or live it goodluck will shine more in 2015 than 2011

I dey laaaaaf

APC.
BUNCH OF CONFUSED OLD DUDES.

Buhari has the right to run for president. he has massive cultlike follower-ship in the north. and should not back down. Buhari should know that this is a media campaign by the ACN to dictate what happens in the APC. Buhari should insist on running or he loses his political investments and relevance.

Buhari should please please contest for the ticket,he has the blessing of every PDP member

duality: Buhari has the right to run for president. he has massive cultlike follower-ship in the north. and should not back down. Buhari should know that this is a media campaign by the ACN to dictate what happens in the APC. Buhari should insist on running or he loses his political investments and relevance.

what you just wrote is recipe for crises in apc.

Buhari

This is serious Gobe for APC. See the kind of people they r courting: Danjuma, Tambuwal. They wud av gone for Mustapher if nt dat GEJ snaped him up. This is to show that they don't hv people of presidential xter in their fold. They hv to eventually settle foe Buhari which ivariably will be an easy ride for GEJ.Nasir Rufai n Ribadu are out of d equation ofcourse. GEJ just keep shooting d bulls eye.

The only sensible thing APC should do if they want a change is to woe Pat Utomi.Gej is an abysmal failure in a normal circumstance,but because nigerian circumstance is not normal,the people are caught between the devil(GEJ) and the blue sea(APC)

Criminals can not bring a change to a society,the are only there to protect and preserve their criminal empires at the expense of suffering and fo-olish nigerians.

when will our mobile networks give us unlimited data plans??

PDP nonsense, ofcourse gej is welcome to contest as local Government Chairman in otueke. Round pegs in round holes

They are just starting . We predicted that this unholy alliance we not last . Buhari will not taste that office again !

Obiagelli: PDP nonsense, ofcourse gej is welcome to contest as local Government Chairman in otueke. Round pegs in round holes

Guy I hope u have taken ur daily medical prescription,
What has gej or pdp got to do with apc choosing its flag bearer?or is gej a member of apc ?

With the look of things and the presidential aspirants under APC, it seems the death of that party is in the hands of its members.

lateef4me: They are just starting . We predicted that this unholy alliance we not last . Buhari will not taste that office again !

Don't mind them,they walked right into a trap set by pdp.when the time comes ppl will understand.
CAN should have remained the way they were and retained their status instead of this so called association of political cannibals

Buhari candidature will signal a pitiable end of APC

bandol: Buhari candidature will signal a pitiable end of APC

Buhari is too stubborn and been an ex general he will never allow tinubu to dictate to him,he believes he is apc key to the north while acn is his key to the south west.which ever way it goes I am sure buhari will contest and he will lose ,after wards he will cry foul and pull out of apc

texaco1:
Guy I hope u have taken ur daily medical prescription,
What has gej or pdp got to do with apc choosing its flag bearer?or is gej a member of apc ?

Did the APC ask gej to become their Presidential flag bearer?

Go back and read the real invite

duality:

But it's the raw truth. The PDP people are already using the media to ensure that Buhari is not picked. mention any person with the millage and followership of buhari in APC?. Have you not been hearing the ACN faction of APC routing for Fashola?

They sure wana "T-BAG" Buhari/ CPC. smh

Fixed

what do you expect? When a rat decides to frolic with the lizard under the rain,getting dry becomes a problem. We all knew the unholy romance btw d ACN and CPC wouldnt stand the test of time. We are watching with keen eyes as they self-destruct..

Yorubest: ACN shouldn't have merged with these other parties

The party should have grown organically

I know the fears they had of being a regional party was the main motivation but who cares

If they had stayed as acn they would have won at least one or two states in the south east ,add that to the already 6 that they have that makes it 8 states.
Acn was becoming to powerful and the only way to bring it down was to add more weight to it .more than it can handle ,just wait and see what will happen when they go for their convention.even some of these so called parties in this apc are pdp moles

texaco1:
Buhari is too stubborn and been an ex general he will never allow tinubu to dictate to him,he believes he is apc key to the north while acn is his key to the south west.which ever way it goes I am sure buhari will contest and he will lose ,after wards he will cry foul and pull out of apc

You forgot to add that the "Sai Buhari" movement will then make sure that "baboons and dogs" are soaked in blood to fulfill the words of their "prophet".

noblezone:

You forgot to add that the "Sai Buhari" movement will then make sure that "baboons and dogs" are soaked in blood to fulfill the words of their "prophet".

Thank you my brother. The blood of Igbo killed in the North in the wake of the "dog and baboon" tantrum by the APC founder (post 2011 elections) will haunt this party of strange bedfellows till it disintegrates under its own evil weight of contradictions!
Yes and yes!