The former Senate Minority leader and the Director- General of Rotimi Amaechi Presidential Campaign Organisation, Senator Ali Ndume, APC, Borno South has thrown his weight behind President Buhari on the comment, saying it is democratic.

Speaking with Vanguard, Senator Ndume who noted that there was nothing wrong in Buhari wanting to pick his successor, said that there is no President that will not name his successor or be interested in who succeeds him after office.

Ndume who said that former President of the United States of America, USA, Barack Obama picked interest in his Vice, Joe Biden to succeed him and he worked very hard to support Biden, said that there was nothing wrong with the position of President Buhari on the issue.

The call by President Buhari that he should be allowed to pick his successor is not out of place, it is democratic and he was democratic about it. There is no President that will not name his successor. I would have been disappointed if the President had left the issue open without being interested in who should succeed him. As he said, the Governors were allowed to name their successors, the President should be allowed to do same. There is nothing out of place for the President to do that.

Thats your problem anyways, what we all know for sure is A FULANI MAN WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENT 8YEARS AFTER ANOTHER FULANI MAN

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Ndume is saying this because he thinks Buhari will name his candidate Amaechi. He should be prepared for the shock of his life.

His preferred candidate you mean

He can name his preferred candidate.

That's different from forcing a consensus.

Have your candidate, campaign for him, then let him face other willing contestants in the primary.

Whoever wins will be accepted and supported. That's democracy.

A.P.C are in a state of confusion right now because of Atiku & Kwankwaso.
Right now they are wondering where to get northern votes from because they already know Tinubu or any Yoruba man can't guarantee victory for them.
Tinubu is only popular in the West, & no South-East or South-South person can ever vote for Tinubu.
And the north would rather vote for their brothers Atiku or Kwankwaso to be president, than to vote a Yoruba man.
The only option right now for A.P.C to get their desired northern votes is to pick a consensus candidate from the north, & then zone the V.P to the south.
Unfortunately the only position Tinubu can dream of getting based on Analysis is being the V.P.

What he is trying to say now is that Tinubu is not the favourite that will emerge as the flagbearer of the party. I pity him (tinubu) alot.

alsudan:
Ndume is saying this because he thinks Buhari will name his candidate Amaechi. He should be prepared for the shock of his life.

Even if Buhari annoints Amaechi, he's unlikely to win.

The one person that I feel, if annointed by the President, can win the primary against Tinubu is vice president. Certainly not Lawal.

OVB123:
What he is trying to say now is that Tinubu is not the favourite that will emerge as the flagbearer of the party. I pity him (tinubu) alot.

You should rather pity yourself because Asiwaju doesn't need your pity.

The president should be interested in who succeeds him in office after his tenure like the governors…am also in support of the president

DeLaRue:
He can name his preferred candidate.

That's different from forcing a consensus.

Have your candidate, campaign for him, then let him face other willing contestants in the primary.

Whoever wins will be accepted and supported. That's democracy.

This is the more balanced argument, IMHO. Well said... couldn't have put it any better.

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