2015: Kwankwaso to step down for Buhari
Oct 20, 2014Ibraheem MusaNews0

2015: Kwankwaso to step down for Buhari
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.

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pendy79:
There is no need for His excellency spending 27.5mN to challenge the tsunami and bulldozer the candidancy of General Buhari symbolizes.
Heard Atiku is asking for his own 27.5m having realize the futiity of challenging the peoples general.

Could see a saTAN paid goon asking, why, when and how? The thing dey do them like magic. Since the general impression was that the G5 governors and Atiku left PDP cos of the same presidential ticket that they are willingly and cheerfully withdrawing from. Won't you just fall in love with this young but mighty party.

Won't you just love the maturity, sense of responsibility, national interest above personal ambition and loads of eggheads in the APC. From the ward to national congress, no rancour, no splinter group, no internal crisis except weeding away of stooge(ikimi and political liability alimodu sheriff). The party keeps waxing strong and stronger daily.

Lest I forget has Doyin Okuigbe change his name yet?

Sai Buhari.
Sai APC
Sai Nigeria

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.

donphilopus:


Does Atiku need a soothsayer to tell him that Buhari is the rightful flagbearer of APC come 2015?! Ordinarily, I wouldn't have pitied Atiku, but I'm doing now because I see him being humiliated by the People's General, after he suffered the same humiliation in 2015.

Talktimi, and his fellow e-mourners who have been saying that Buhari is going nowhere should be ready to cry come December 2nd. Because I can see he has already won the primaries. Like I always say, not that these TANoids truly like Atiku, but because of the fear of Buhari, they've decided to make a public romance with Atiku. Whether they like it or not, Buhari would be sworn in as the President of this country come May 29th 2015!

talktimi:
pls against next time, kindly avoid mentioning my name. I have warned you and I'm trying to be polite here.