Information reaching Inside Sources has revealed that the National Executive Committee of the ruling All Progressive Congress APC is yet to decide whether President Muhammadu Buhari will be considered for re-election in the 2019 presidential race.
According to Vanguard News, Muhammadu Buhari is in consultation with top ranking members of the party following the decision taken at the NEC meeting held earlier this week which turned down Muhammadu’s Buhari’s automatic ticket as the APC presidential candidate.
Buhari prior to the NEC meeting had met with the party chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the Chairman of the Governors’ Forum, Abdulaziz Yari and the Senate President Bukola Saraki alongside House Speaker, Yakubu Dogara for his second term endorsement.
A reliable source in the All Progressive Congress who spoke under anonymity said “he is still consulting, while those putting pressure on the president to declare feel such an action could stabilize the party, It is the firm opinion of others that such declaration would instead aggravate the tension in the party and could perhaps make some people to begin to find their nest elsewhere. So, the party has to consider all these. If and when Mr President makes a declaration, the party might then key in, and endorse him, but for now, there could be a serious backlash if it is the party that sets the tone first by endorsing him”
The former Deputy Director-General of the Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organization, Alhaji Nasiru Halladu Danu during the NEC meeting in a motion seconded by the former governor of Zamfara state, Sen. Sani Yerima, moved a motion for a vote of confidence on the president and endorsement of the candidacy of President Buhari for the 2019 general elections turned fruitless.
