The All Progressives Congress (APC) Integrity Group has disclosed that the party has not chosen a consensus candidate for its chairmanship position ahead of the March 26 national convention.
The group described the alleged endorsement of Senator Abdullahi Adamu by President Muhammadu Buhari as a fluke that should be disregarded.
The Coordinator of the party group, Mr. Dawu Mohammed and Secretary, Mr. Chinsom Nwakanma in a statement issued Thursday, accused the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and the governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai of allegedly instigating the stories of endorsement of Adamu by the President.
The group is made up of members of the legacy parties – All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP), Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), and All Peoples Grand Alliance (APGA).
According to the statement: “We have observed with dismay the plan by some persons to destroy the APC by trying to foist a national chairman on the party. This would not be the first time that a Minister and a governor would be accused of obtaining a false signature from the President through his Personal Assistant (PA).
“The aspiration of securing the Presidential and Vice Presidential tickets of the party through a preferred National Chairman, which the Minister of Transportation and governor of Kaduna State are pushing for is capable of destroying the party.
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”Ameachi or any other person has a right to support a candidate but foisting him on the President or the party in whatever guise is what we frown at, as that could be a plot that is very destructive to the APC”.
