President Muhammadu Buhari will deny that he endorsed Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, as the ruling All Progressives Congress consensus candidate as part of the gimmicks being played by his government, presidency sources have told SaharaReporters.

SaharaReporters learnt that Buahri indeed confided in the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, that Lawan was his choice but never instructed him to make it public.

“Buhari will deny that he anointed Senate President, Lawan as consensus candidate. Although Buhari confided in Adamu, that he prefers Lawan, he didn’t tell him to announce it.

“Governors had pigeon-holed Buhari by asking the presidency to go to the South and Kaduna Governor, (Nasir) El- Rufai got wind of it and leaked their position to the press to pressurise Buhari not to endorse Lawan,” one of the top sources revealed.

Earlier, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) announced Senate President Lawan as the consensus presidential candidate of the party.

Adamu made the announcement at the meeting of National Working Committee (NWC) on Monday in Abuja.

His adoption of Lawan as the consensus candidate is against the position of 11 APC northern governors, who had said that power must shift to the South after President Buhari’s tenure.

Adamu told the National Working Committee that he arrived at the choice of the Senate President after consultation with President Muhammadu Buhari.

Earlier, Buhari was reported to have held a closed-door meeting with governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the north at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

This comes amid preparations for the party’s convention to elect its presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections.

Although President Buhari has maintained his position on the consensus arrangement, there has not been any agreement among the 23 presidential aspirants.

The governors in attendance were Chairman of Progressive Governors Forum and governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, chairman of Northern governors Forum and governors of Plateau State, Simeon Lalong, Abubakar Baduru (Jigawa) and Babagana Zulum (Borno).

Others were; Aminu Bello Masari (Katsina), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Bello Matawale (Zamfara), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna), Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Yahaya Inuwa (Gombe), Abubakar Bello (Niger), and the Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni.

Putinofrussia:
Lawan. DOA

yanabasee:
By the time Tinubu gets it's breakfast everyone will calm down...



The whole of this drama, from the moment Tinubu declared his intentions is for the entire North to refuse him that seat.

He refused to listen to the body language...


Well... As things unfold, we will smile at the end.

If the SW refused to allow the SE to produce a president, then the presidency. just return to the North....

yanabasee:


If the SW refused to allow the SE to produce a president, then the presidency. just return to the North....

slivertongue:
So he leaked the secret in the open.

Esama:
Buhari is a bastard

Parachoko:
Make una stop this chidish talk abeg.

Shame no catch you as you dey talk am?

People are working hard to get the ticket, you are here talking as if someone is stopping politicians from the South East to contest.

istina:

Ani o
After all SE also had the likes of Okorocja as representatives
So how did SW stopped SE

Parachoko:
Make una stop this chidish talk abeg.

Shame no catch you as you dey talk am?

People are working hard to get the ticket, you are here talking as if someone is stopping politicians from the South East to contest.

On Bola Ahmed Tinubu Mandate I Stand Gidigba

Parachoko:
He is not blaming Orji Uzo Kalu for stepping down and endorsing Lawan when he could have support Umahi.

osinbanjoisaliar:
Stori, stori stori.......

Meanwhile, listen to this merix

On your mandate, on your mandate, on your mandate we shall slump. On your mandate, on your mandate, on your mandate we shall slump.

everybody abeg join me, On your mandate, on your mandate, on your mandate we shall slump