Indications emerged at the weekend that
Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State may
step down for Major General Muhammadu
Buhari in the battle for the All Progressives
Congress (APC) presidential ticket.
With his possible withdrawal from the race,
the battle for the APC presidential ticket will
be a straight fight between the former head of
state and former Vice-President Atiku
Abubakar.
APC will hold its national convention on
December 2 where the presidential candidate
will emerge. According to a source, who was at
the APC Northern Stakeholders’ Meeting held in
Kaduna on Saturday, the meeting resolved that
a consensus presidential candidate should be
supported by the region.
“We are going to face an incumbent president
in an election where the ruling party will have
the national treasury at its disposal. So, we
need to conserve our energy and resources for
the general election instead of dissipating
energy on the primaries,” he argued.
The source, who does not want to be named,
said that the stakeholders meeting did not
prevail on any aspirant to step down for
anyone. He added that the meeting resolved
that the negotiations should continue after the
stakeholders’ meeting.
The source told New Telegraph that the horse
trading continued well into Saturday night till
the early hours of yesterday, before
Kwankwaso agreed to step down for Buhari.
According to him, Kwankwaso will still buy
nomination form and maintain his structure
but will withdraw at the National Convention
ground which is billed to take place on
December 2, and ask his supporters to vote for
Buhari.
The source did not mention the fate of Mr.
Sam Nda-Isaiah, the publisher of Leadership
newspaper who is also in the race. He,
however, said that Isaiah’s contest will be good
for the party because APC is erroneously seen
as a Muslim party. But spokesman of
Kwankwaso, Ibrahim Dantiye, denied any
possible withdrawal of the governor from the
race. “Nothing like that was discussed at the
meeting. The rumour is just being spread by
people who don’t mean well for the APC,” he
told New Telegraph.
Buhari, Atiku, Nda- Isaiah, Kwankwaso,
Governors Kashim Shettima (Borno) Ibrahim
Gaidam (Yobe) and Abdul Azeez Yari (Zamfara),
and Senator Lawali Shuaibu, the North West
Vice Chairman of APC were some of the
dignitaries that attended the stakeholders’
meeting.


source: http://newtelegraphonline.com/2015-kwankwaso-to-step-down-for-buhari/

before nko

Good, Dec 2nd when confusion will be set on stage they wont have time to reshufle and GEJ will crush them single handedly