A battle of the bigwig within ranks the ruling All Progressives Congressive, APC loyal to President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has begun following a strongly worded letter, written by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to President, News Proof has learned reliably

According to Sources, the All Progressives Congress has retreated to the boardroom, in search of an acceptable presidential candidate, come 2019.

A top source within the party according to The Point revealed to at the weekend that two governors – Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna, and Kashim Shettima of Borno – were now on the radar of the party.

A source within the party disclosed that Kaduna’s Nasir El-Rufai and Borno’s Kassim Shettima were being propped up by two diametrically opposed interest groups within the party.

“While the Buharists within the party may have settled for El-Rufai in case the President declines to go in 2019, the Tinubu Team are all for Shettima,” he said.

The source, who belongs to the Tinubu Team, said his group was in support of the Borno governor because he was less controversial and dogged, having weathered the storm of the Boko Haram insurgency, adding that he was also easily sellable in the South West.

He noted that Shettima was once a lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, and could speak the Yoruba language, which would be a great political asset.

A visit, last year, by Tinubu to Borno State to commission many projects executed by the Shettima administration, was described by top sources in the party as a clear indication that the governor was “being courted for a higher calling.”

It was, however, learnt that those who were rooting for El-Rufai were doing so mainly because Buhari would, any day, prefer the Kaduna governor as a successor. Besides, the Kaduna governor reportedly has some groups within the party, who are working for him, especially in the northern areas.

Obasanjo, in his letter entitled, “The Way Out,” had berated the almost three years’ administration of Buhari, faulting the President over the poor state of the economy and Federal Government’s inability to halt the wanton killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen in many states of the Federation.

The former president, as a result, asked Buhari to resist the temptation of seeking re-election next year, but retire home and become a statesman.

Though both the Federal Government and the ruling APC had replied OBJ, suggesting that the ex-president did not have a full grasp of events before writing his letter, party sources described the responses as mere grandstanding.

“We know this is a clear red card that can result in an electoral loss if we choose to re-present Buhari for another tenure,” an impeccable top source within the party disclosed.

A source particularly disclosed that last week’s visit of the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and a former party chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, to President Buhari, was only a prelude to what might be tabled before the President at a special stakeholders’ meeting of the party, to be held soon before its national convention.

The source, who opted for anonymity, owing to the sensitivity of the issue, said, “What Tinubu and Akande went to discuss with the President was the need for the party to fix an early date for its convention as against a June date being canvassed by some interest groups. In the course of the chat, they asked him to think critically and consult widely on the import of Obasanjo’s letter and act according to his conscience.

“But the President is not a kid; he has seen the direction of the wind within the party and he is not such a person who will do any abracadabra or break up the party to satisfy his personal interest. He may just have chosen to keep silent because any immediate statement on his plan for 2019 may heat up the system. His close aides have assured us that he will do the needful during the party’s convention.”

2019 loading!!! alrufai is another fulani, but he is still young and and experience i think if given a chance he can do a job on nigeria

To me shettima is a better choice than El rufia. But I still prefer Biafra where fulanis will be a thing of the past

A Party of Corruption, dead on arrival.

Dead on arrival

When did Shettima lecture at the University of Ibadan, Oyo State?

macdanpets:
A battle of the bigwig within ranks the ruling All Progressives Congressive, APC loyal to President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has begun following a strongly worded letter, written by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to President, News Proof has learned reliably

According to Sources, the All Progressives Congress has retreated to the boardroom, in search of an acceptable presidential candidate, come 2019.

A top source within the party according to The Point revealed to at the weekend that two governors – Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna, and Kashim Shettima of Borno – were now on the radar of the party.

A source within the party disclosed that Kaduna’s Nasir El-Rufai and Borno’s Kassim Shettima were being propped up by two diametrically opposed interest groups within the party.

“While the Buharists within the party may have settled for El-Rufai in case the President declines to go in 2019, the Tinubu Team are all for Shettima,” he said.

The source, who belongs to the Tinubu Team, said his group was in support of the Borno governor because he was less controversial and dogged, having weathered the storm of the Boko Haram insurgency, adding that he was also easily sellable in the South West.

He noted that Shettima was once a lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, and could speak the Yoruba language, which would be a great political asset.

A visit, last year, by Tinubu to Borno State to commission many projects executed by the Shettima administration, was described by top sources in the party as a clear indication that the governor was “being courted for a higher calling.”

It was, however, learnt that those who were rooting for El-Rufai were doing so mainly because Buhari would, any day, prefer the Kaduna governor as a successor. Besides, the Kaduna governor reportedly has some groups within the party, who are working for him, especially in the northern areas.

Obasanjo, in his letter entitled, “The Way Out,” had berated the almost three years’ administration of Buhari, faulting the President over the poor state of the economy and Federal Government’s inability to halt the wanton killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen in many states of the Federation.

The former president, as a result, asked Buhari to resist the temptation of seeking re-election next year, but retire home and become a statesman.

Though both the Federal Government and the ruling APC had replied OBJ, suggesting that the ex-president did not have a full grasp of events before writing his letter, party sources described the responses as mere grandstanding.

“We know this is a clear red card that can result in an electoral loss if we choose to re-present Buhari for another tenure,” an impeccable top source within the party disclosed.

A source particularly disclosed that last week’s visit of the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and a former party chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, to President Buhari, was only a prelude to what might be tabled before the President at a special stakeholders’ meeting of the party, to be held soon before its national convention.

The source, who opted for anonymity, owing to the sensitivity of the issue, said, “What Tinubu and Akande went to discuss with the President was the need for the party to fix an early date for its convention as against a June date being canvassed by some interest groups. In the course of the chat, they asked him to think critically and consult widely on the import of Obasanjo’s letter and act according to his conscience.

“But the President is not a kid; he has seen the direction of the wind within the party and he is not such a person who will do any abracadabra or break up the party to satisfy his personal interest. He may just have chosen to keep silent because any immediate statement on his plan for 2019 may heat up the system. His close aides have assured us that he will do the needful during the party’s convention.”

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El-RUFAI AND SHETTIMA?

TINUBU AND SHETTIMA?

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Shettima lectured at UI? Can speak Yoruba?

I very much doubt the authenticity of this report

Nigeria will be highly bleeped up with these satanists. Shithole president,leaders and people.

Buhari must do the needful. Otherwise our sh1tholes continue

Ori gbogbo yin to buru. Una go die ni. Fulani dey kill like say tomorrow no dey, una dey sheleya.
Don't quote me if you don't want to lose ur left eye

Elrufai and Shettima...two sides of a leprous hand

Tinubu,hmmm,Trying to sell to us another expired product.

I won't vote for any of them. Imagine using a criteria like speaks Yoruba and a former lecturer at UI to determine who rules a whole nation. El rufai is a herdsmen sponsor, he said it that he pays them, Shettima has been fingered as a sponsor of Boko Haram.

I prefer the demolition man, the Kaduna midget of a governor if this is true.

story for the gods

And if the care is not taking this may end the political carer of Tinubu. come 2019

brodalikeme:
I won't vote for any of them. Imagine using a criteria like speaks Yoruba and a former lecturer at UI to determine who rules a whole nation. El rufai is a herdsmen sponsor, he said it that he pays them, Shettima has been fingered as a sponsor of Boko Haram.

Did u read d post at all?They said it would be easier to sell his candidature in SW than el rufai NCOs he understands Yoruba and once lectured in UI

brodalikeme:
I won't vote for any of them. Imagine using a criteria like speaks Yoruba and a former lecturer at UI to determine who rules a whole nation. El rufai is a herdsmen sponsor, he said it that he pays them, Shettima has been fingered as a sponsor of Boko Haram.

If speaking Yoruba or any of our indigenous languages is the criterion used to select a presidential candidate and not his experience then I weep for this country.this is y we keep having square pegs in round holes...

So the best PAC can come up with are two hard care bigots and demons , both Elrufai and Shetima belong in Tora Bora Caves in Afghanistan where their type of human are currently taking refuge hiding away from buzzing US predator drones high above preying on them...Nigeria is bigger than the committee of Bigots bent on ruining the lives of others

Sai Mai rusau!

They have started whitewashing again.

Imagine the scam being peddled now- Shettima was a UI lecturer and speaks Yoruba.

All of una behind this unholy project no go die better.

That was how one man was said to have had an Igbo in law, cook and driver just to sell him to the uninformed.

Every politician in Nigeria knows that once Buhari contest in 2019, he will win comfortably thus they are busy begging and advising him not to contest just for their own selfish reason and agenda.

The fact is that Baba will contest and he will win.
PMB/PYO till 2023!

top source within the party according to The Point revealed to at the weekend that two governors – Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna, and Kashim Shettima of Borno – were now on the radar of the party

Both Hell Rufai and Shettima are dead on arrival

They are worse ethno religious fulani jihadists than Buhari

Nigeria has to do away with religious extremists like Buhari, Hell Rufai and Rabiu kwankwaso

We need a moderate Northerner like Dankwambo

kunle4toyeyaho:
Did u read d post at all?They said it would be easier to sell his candidature in SW than el rufai NCOs he understands Yoruba and once lectured in UI

Yes. I read the post and I suggest you read what you wrote again if that doesn't define criteria, I wonder what does.