The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, says the consensus method which was used in electing party officers during the March 26, 2022 convention may not be feasible for the party’s presidential primary which begins on Sunday.
The APC chairman said this during a chat with Voice of America Hausa service in Abuja on Wednesday.
Adamu emerged as the APC chairman in March after the President, Muhammadu Buhari, endorsed him and asked other aspirants to step down for him.
However, the APC chairman said a presidential primary was completely different from a chairmanship election.
On plans by the party to force a consensus, he said, “There is no truth in what you said. The reason is that the chairmanship seat is not the same as that of the tussle for the Presidency of the country. You can’t even compare the two of them. That question does not arise.
“However the party has laid down its rules and regulations for the aspirants. We would scrutinise all of them based on our guidelines to be sure we pick the right candidate for the party.”
The APC chairman, however, said the 28 aspirants ought to know that all of them cannot emerge as the candidate of the party.
