Few days after President Muhammadu Buhari indicated a template for his successor in the forthcoming All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Primaries, Governors of the ruling party are beginning to rally behind the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo who is believed to fit the President’s description.

As of Tuesday night, several of the APC Governors were seen in the Villa meeting with the VP and also the Chief of Staff to the President in what sources say is a move likely to result in a Consensus presidential candidate for the ruling party.

Governors cited in the Villa between Wednesday and today (Friday) include the following those of Kano, Ogun, Ekiti, Gombe, Nasarawa, and Ebonyi States

A clear majority of the 22 governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), under the aegis of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), appear to have agreed on supporting the candidature of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, ahead of the party’s long-awaited presidential primaries on June 6.

Indeed, more Northern Governors including Borno, Kaduna, Kano, Nasarawa and Gombe are said to be opposed to any idea of a Northern Presidential candidate for APC.

The governors who held a series of meetings at the Kebbi State Governors Lodge in Asokoro, Abuja on May 31, after their meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, were initially deadlocked on who to support and while Governors like Kebbi and Jigawa pushed the idea of Northern candidate, the idea met with stiff resistance among the majority of the Governors.

However, after reconvening, a top source in the know, hinted that the governors have agreed that the Presidency of the party should be zoned to the South and that the candidate should be Prof Osinbajo.

According to an impeccable source in the Villa, the governors failed to reach an agreement on a candidate in their first meeting because different governors were working for different aspirants and they were all pushing for their aspirants to be accepted based on a North-South divide.

Said the source ” the heroes of this whole thing are the Governors of Borno, Nasarawa and Gombe who even though are from the North, argued that the VP from the South fits the bill perfectly. Kaduna Governor and Borno Governors are also of the same view but Kaduna Governor has not been seen in the Villa this week. He was represented by his deputy at the meeting with the President on Tuesday.”

The source said that some governors had first insisted that the party’s Presidency should be zoned to the North because the main opposition party had settled for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar at their convention.

“It was a very heated argument between the governors. Some governors wanted a Northern candidate to challenge the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate but some other northern governors kicked against it. They said that it is morally right for power to return to the South.”

The source noted that “The governors represented different interests at the meeting and were all pushing for their candidate but there were more governors who were loyal to President Muhammadu Buhari and who wanted to reciprocate the President’s gesture.

“They were others who also insisted that Mr VP was the most popular candidate based on the feedback that the governors got from delegates in their states and they were almost certain and very confident that he would defeat candidates from other parties including Atiku.

According to an aide of one of the governors present at the meeting, certain governors were asked to reach out to some other notable aspirants to urge them to step down for the VP.

“It was indeed a difficult call, as some governors were asked to reach out to their candidates to relate the choice of the governors and to also tell them to step down their ambition so that the party can present a united front at the convention.

It will be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari had urged the governors to allow him to pick a successor.

In a meeting on Tuesday with the APC national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu in attendance, Buhari said, “In keeping with the established internal policies of the party and as we approach the convention in a few days, therefore, I wish to solicit the reciprocity and support of the Governors and other stakeholders in picking my successor, who would fly the flag of our party for election into the office of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2023.”

“I wish to assure you that the consultation process shall continue to ensure that all aspirants and stakeholders would be brought on board right through to the convention. This would also ensure that any anxiety occasioned by different factors are effectively brought under control and that our party emerges stronger,” Buhari said.


https://www.sunnewsonline.com/2023-apc-govs-begin-rallying-around-osinbajo/

PYO 2023 is the goal.

Prof Osinbajo all the way.

That is a good way to go for APC... Tinubu's antecedents leaves him untrusted

Starboy noni

You people shuld be capitalizing on all this news outlet wey just dey use all na catch cruise with different online endorsements....


Make all na no worry na Monday dem go serve the breakfast....

Thank God ,it is now becoming clearer day by day and we hope Osinbajo emerge as a president

This primary election will soon go.

We want Osinbajo on that seat

PYO is the right candidate

Any right thinking Nigerian should know the best we can have among the aspirants isYemi Osinbajo or Peter Obi

Yorubas should have learnt by now that propaganda does not win.The ticket is not coming to the SW.If you like use twenty monikers to comment

PaChukwudi44:
Yorubas should have learnt by now that propaganda does not win.The ticket is not coming to the SW.If you like use twenty monikers to comment

You are sad because Peter Obi is now politically useless and redundant

No Igbo man dead and alive can defeat Osinbajo.
Your OUK is already crying up and down that igbos are not made to become a president rather you are made as slave for Northerner under PDP and APC

Igbos should be ashamed for once

KingKO22:


You are sad because Peter Obi is now politically useless and redundant

No Igbo man dead and alive can defeat Osinbajo.
Your OUK is already crying up and down that igbos are not made to become a president rather you are made as slave for Northerner under PDP and APC

Igbos should be ashamed for once

You will be sadder when everything is concluded.

RedTarantula:


You will be sadder when everything is concluded.

Keep shut and stop hating. Osinbajo is the consensus candidate. There's nothing you can do about that

Ttalk:


Keep shut and stop hating. Osinbajo is the consensus candidate. There's nothing you can do about that

Even if he s he cannot defeat Atiku. Besides, it's so good seeing Tinubu dance naked in the market and under the bus.

Jagaban demystified

In a sane country, Tinubu would not be allowed to contest for any political office. Man is a notorious thug And a complete criminal.

If not for greed, Tinubu ought to have retired from politics and have his grand children playing around with him in his house.

Oya now

dawnomike:
That is a good way to go for APC... Tinubu's antecedents leaves him untrusted

Lol....he's been known to betray pple?

StrongAlphMale:
In a sane country, Tinubu would not be allowed to contest for any political office. Man is a notorious thug And a complete criminal.

If not for greed, Tinubu ought to have retired from politics and have his grand children playing around with him in his house.

I'm curious, you hold the same opinion of Atiku right?

Biafrans!!!
It's will ALWAYS be a WIN WIN for Yorubas........Obi, how market?
If PYO becomes APC Candidate, you will NOW SEE HOW Biafrans will now start their vitriol on PYO

Even a mute and blind person knows that Osinbajo is the only APC candidate that can defeat Atiku hands down.

Tinubu will be the nemesis of APC.

A Tinubu ticket is an automatic win for Atiku.

Bunch of jokers!

Write this down!

We northerners will never bypass Atiku (a social and economic liberal ) to vote for an Christian fundamentalist ( Osinbajo) whose main goal is to Christianize (RCCGify) Nigeria.

Never!

With a Christian extremist Osinbajo as its candidate, the APC has alteady lost the 2023 elections before it even contested it.

Tinubu removed all doubts he can’t be president
Sai Osinbajo

Aboki99:
Bunch of jokers!

Write this down!

We northerners will never bypass Atiku (a social and economic liberal ) to vote for an Christian fundamentalist ( Osinbajo) whose main goal is to Christianize (RCCGify) Nigeria.

Never!

With a Christian extremist Osinbajo as its candidate, the APC has alteady lost the 2023 elections before it even contested it.

Lol....your name even shows how dumb you are....can you point out at any point in time Oshinbajo have shown any extremism in handling any matters?
Please i'm waiting....depe!

Obagreatdatoye:

Lol....your name even shows how dumb you are....can you point out at any point in time Oshinbajo have shown any extremism in handling any matters?
Please i'm waiting....depe!

99.99% of his staff and those he hired are RCCG pastors/members.

Can u falsify this fact?

Aboki99:


99.99% of his staff and those he hired are RCCG pastors/members.

Can u falsify this fact?

Can you post the full list of his staffs...and lets evaluate it here. .. to validate your point...

Sai osinbajo

All Tinubu BOTs are down ... LOL!

Where is that GIDIGBA standard urchin sef?

Media are just catching out with APC presidential primary election.
From Amaechi to Onu, from Onu to Jonathan, from Jonathan to Osibanjo.
Is Buhari still looking for the anointing oil to anoint his candidate?
Everything go soon end.

Upworkwriter007:
I'm curious, you hold the same opinion of Atiku right?

Who's atiku?

Ogbeni I hold the same opinion as Peter Obi. Get your pvc let's do it together come 2023!! Vote labour party, vote Peter Obi