President Muhammadu Buhari is backing the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as his preferred aspirant ahead of the National Convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) billed to hold this weekend in Abuja.
A senior presidential aide who disclosed this to our correspondent yesterday said Buhari strongly believed that having worked closely with him since May 2015, Osinbajo is the best aspirant to continue with the policies of the administration.
The president is also said to be impressed with the way the Vice-President has piloted the affairs of the country during the period he held the fort as Acting President.
He said this backing by Buhari is responsible for the confidence Osinbajo has exuded so far in the race for the presidential ticket of the party.
Speaking further, he said following the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), some power brokers in the APC tried to project Senate President, Ahmad Lawan as their best so as to rival Atiku in the North but their proposal was rejected.
” As of today, Tuesday, the President is firmly behind the Vice-President as his preferred aspirant. He has refused to shift ground even after some members of his kitchen cabinet started rooting for Ahmad Lawan after the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as PDP presidential candidate”.
” Some northern powerful forces and religious leaders are pushing for a Northern candidate while others are behind the moves to draft former President Goodluck Jonathan into the race so that he can serve just one term and return power back to the North in 2027 but Buhari is not buying into all that”.
” Those pushing for Lawan had argued that since Atiku is from the North East of Adamawa, the APC should also present its candidate from another North-East state but the proposal was quickly shot down by some concerned stakeholders who also have the ears of the President”.
”Those against Lawan argued that if fielded as APC presidential candidate, the election will be a walkover for PDP and Atiku as he will even beat the Senate President hands down in his home state of Yobe. The only place Lawan is popular is in Yobe North Senatorial District” our source said.
The president met with APC governors on Tuesday but details of the meeting are still sketchy.
Culled from INDEPENDENT
COMMENT: If true, and if the president is genuine, it will be a welcome development. However, the Fulani Oligarchy are astute politically, their calculation and permutation may be that, if Lawan is fielded, the outcry against a northern Fulani presidency could be unbearable, and so derail their plan for a Fulani to take over from Buhari. Fielding Osinbajo, a Christian from the southwest instead of Tinubu will be easier for Atiku to defeat in the general elections instead of risking Lawan that will be rejected in the Southwest, the result of which may lead to renewed and voiceferous agitation for Yoruba nation – Ayo Dada
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