The All Progressives Congress (APC) says members of the party who wish to contest the presidency in 2027 will not be barred from doing so despite the endorsement of President Bola Tinubu for a second term.
Sulaiman Argungu, APC national organising secretary, spoke on Wednesday during an interactive session with journalists at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
Argungu said the endorsement of Tinubu by the party’s leadership, including the national working committee (NWC), the Progressives Governors Forum led by Hope Uzodinma, and the national assembly leadership under Godswill Akpabio, was in recognition of the president’s performance.
He, however, said the APC will not shut out other aspirants from the presidential primary.
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“We will definitely not close our doors (other presidential aspirants). When the time comes, our timetable will be made known,” Argungu said.
“Anybody who wants to aspire for the presidency under the APC will not be denied the opportunity to purchase the expression of interest and nomination forms to exercise their franchise.
“We never said we had locked the door. We are only telling people that we appreciate what the president is doing for the people of the country and that he deserves a second term in office when we roundly endorsed him recently.”
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The APC national organising secretary said the party is different from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), “printed just one form for Goodluck Jonathan as the sole presidential aspirant in 2014”.
On the party’s performance in the recent by-elections, Argungu said winning 13 out of 16 contested seats was evidence of the confidence Nigerians repose in the APC.
