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Following the ratification of President
Goodluck Jonathan‘s candidature by
the ruling Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), the North has resolved to adopt
the presidential candidate of the All
Progressive Congress (APC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) as its
consensus candidate for 2015. Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and
the Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF) on
Friday said the North had resolved to
support a northern candidate and
since APC has fielded a candidate from
the region, they have no alternative than to support him. They said, “President Jonathan
shouldn’t be in the contest in the first
place if the principle of zoning that
was created by his party and the
constitution is respected. He shouldn’t
be a candidate by now.” The Chairman of ACF, Ibrahim
Coomasie, a former Inspector General
of Police, said, “First of all, the APC
presidential primary and the PDP
convention have clearly shown those
who are ready to practice democracy. The APC’s primary was held smoothly
without any rancour and all of them
have come out to accept the result.
That is a good omen for our
democracy. I hope INEC will emulate
that. “So, we are congratulating Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari who has been
winning primaries all through. Only
when it comes to the general elections,
he is always rigged out. We have also
seen what happened in the other party. “I am the Chairman of the Arewa
Consultative Forum (ACF) and we have
said it before and we are reiterating it
that, we are going to support a
northern candidate. And since APC has
voted a northern candidate, we are going to support him 100 per cent. So,
Buhari is our candidate for the 2015
election.” He, however, said if Imo State
Governor, Rochas Okorocha, had won
the APC primary, they would still have
supported him because he was born
and brought up in the North and has
shown interest in the development of Nigeria and the region in particular.
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