2023 Presidency: Fani-Kayode Reveals Who Should Determine APC's Consensus Candidate

2023 Presidency: Fani-Kayode Reveals Who Should Determine APC's Consensus Candidate

  • Northern governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been warned against challenging the authority of the party and its national chairman
  • The warning against the 11 governors from the northern region of the country was made by a former minister Femi Fani-Kayode
  • According to the ex-minister, such a challenge would not be tolerated from any member of the APC ahead of the ruling party's presidential primary

Femi Fani-Kayode has warned that the disrespect by the northern governor against the stance of the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress is not acceptable

One of Nigeria's former ministers of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode on Tuesday, June 7, said that northern governors within the All Progressives Congress (APC) are not in the right position to decide who would become the party's 2023 presidential aspirant.

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Fani-Kayode has cautioned northern governors against challenging the supremacy of the APC's leadership. Photo: Femi Fani-Kayode
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In a tweet made using his personal Twitter account, the former minister noted that the APC national chairman, the members of the National Working Committee of the party and delegates are to determine who becomes the party's presidential flag bearer.

Fani-Kayode's reaction is a sequel to the demand by 11 northern governors that the candidacy of the party's flag bearer for the 2023 presidential election is zoned to the southern part f the country.

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This demand by the governors goes against the move by APC's national chairman Abdullahi Adamu who declared the Senate president Ahmad Lawan as the consensus presidential candidate of the party.

Continuing, Fani-Kayode in his tweet warned that a challenge to the authority of the chairman and the supremacy of the party is unacceptable.

His words:

"It is NOT for the Northern Governors to singlehandedly ZONE or DETERMINE the Presidential candidate of our party. It is for the President, the Nat. Chairman, the NWC & the delegates to decide.

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"A challenge to the authority of the Chairman & supremacy of the party is unacceptable."

Influential southeast presidential aspirant throws weight behind Senate president Lawan

As the APC continues with its moves to elect a presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 election, Governor David Umahi eulogised the Senate president.

The governor described Ahmad Lawan as an intelligent, hardworking and diligent lawmaker qualified enough to become Nigeria's president.

According to Umahi, he will pray for the Senate president to get the ticket for the APC 2023 presidential candidate.

PDP convention: Support group reveals how politicians ganged up against top party presidential aspirant

A group had alleged that some top PDP leaders have failed in their last bid to stop Governor Nyesom Wike from emerging as the party presidential candidate at the primaries.

The Peoples Democratic Party Frontliners' said the leaders had planned a coup against the Rivers state governor and PDP 2023 presidential aspirant.

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According to the group, the gang up against the governor began after several other groups had predicted that Wike could clinch the PDP's 2023 presidential ticket.

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