President Muhammadu Buhari, will reportedly revealed his preferred candidate to presidential aspirants of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC during a meeting latest on Sunday .
According to PUNCH, a top government official who spoke on condition of anonymity said that the President planning a trip to Ghana today (Saturday), would return to the country later in the day to meet with the APC presidential aspirants.
The source said Buhari who returned from Spain on Friday afternoon, is expected to meet with the aspirants on Saturday night or Sunday.
“The President is expected to travel to Ghana tomorrow (today). After that, he is expected to meet with the aspirants and thereafter reveal his preferred candidate for the party’s ticket,” the source added.
KEMI FILANI NEWS had reported Buhari met with the governors elected under the platforms of the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday ahead of the party’s convention.
According to the statement issued by the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, titled, ‘We must show positive qualities of APC at our convention, President Buhari charges governors’, Buhari told the governors to take decisions that would enable the party retain power at the centre in 2023.
The meeting came amid speculations that the president may anoint an aspirant before the convention.
The President also charged the governors to ensure that the forthcoming convention to pick a presidential candidate reflects all the values and virtues of the party.
