Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress are still debating who would succeed President Muhammadu Buhari as president.
More information has surfaced from the Progressive Governors Forum conference, which is attempting to find a consensus candidate ahead of the party’s presidential primary.
Remember that at a meeting with the governors, President Muhammadu Buhari demanded that they enable him to choose his successor.
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The APC governors have met twice since the president made his decision, with another meeting scheduled on Saturday.
According to reports, the governors discussed having a consensus presidential candidate, as recommended by President Buhari, at their first meeting.
“Many of them believed that it is a concept that can be tested,” according to a source who talked with Newsmen.
The governors also discussed who they should nominate as the APC consensus candidate during the second meeting, according to the source.
During the second meeting, it was reported that the topic of the area produced dispute, with some suggesting a northern governor as a consensus option.
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The source did not name the northern governor, but Yahaya Bello, the governor of Kogi State, and Mohammed Badaru, the governor of Jigawa State, are both in the running.
Rotimi Akeredolu, a governor from the South-West, was opposed to the notion, suggesting that a governor from the South might be considered.
Governors from the South are Prof Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Dr Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, and Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State, all of whom are running for president in 2023 within the governing party.
When questioned about Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and former Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu, the source said “For the time being, the majority of the debate was focused on a governor replacing Buhari.
Southern governors, on the other hand, are discussing power rotation.”
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“When Akeredolu and other southern governors requested them to think about Nigeria’s unity, the northern governors suggested that two governors from the south and north be considered,” he stated.
Some governors believed the southern candidate may not be able to defeat the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 presidential election.
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