Buhari Didn’t Tell Govs to Pick Consensus Presidential Candidate – Femi Adesina
POLITICS DIGEST- Presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, has faulted claims that President Muhammadu Buhari asked members of the Progressives Governors’ Forum to pick a consensus presidential candidate for the ruling All Progressives Congress.
He said that contrary to reports, the President only met with the governors and gave them his “expectation” for the forthcoming presidential primary of the party.
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Adesina, who is the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, stated these in a piece titled, ‘Visit to Spain: Let’s Buga for Mr President’.
Making clarifications on what transpired during the meeting, the presidential spokesperson explained that Buhari never discussed issues bordering on zoning, consensus, or imposition of candidates during his conversation with the governors.
According to him, President Buhari told them of what he would like to see at the APC presidential primary to elect a presidential candidate early next week.
