A former military Head of State, Maj.-Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has said the has
no anointed candidate for any political
position in the country.
Buhari, also a chieftain of the All Progressive
Congress, said this on Saturday in Kano at a
sensitisation workshop, organised by the
Kano APC Forum for Peace and Equity.
The former head of state said he had no
candidate and urged anybody who wanted to
aspire to any post to feel free to do so.
“Buhari has not anointed anybody as a
candidate, so whoever people want is his
candidate.
“Whoever emerges for the party as the
people’s candidate at the local, state or
presidential level is Buhari’s candidate. So
Buhari’s candidate is the people’s
candidate,” he said.
According to him, the APC as a party is not
concerned about Buhari as a person or
anybody but about the future of Nigeria and
Nigerians.
He urged members of the parties to ensure
the success of the APC in future elections.
Buhari was represented by a former member
of the House of Representatives, Faruk Aliyu.
Earlier, the former governor of Kano State,
Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, who was also
represented, stressed the importance of unity
among the APC members.
“APC has a history of unity because it came
into being following the decision of three
parties to merge.”
Also speaking, the chairman of the forum,
Umar El-Yakub, urged the party’s leaders to
avoid politics of hate, deceit and selfish
interest in order to achieve its objectives.

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