APC Settling On Buhari As Its Presidential Candidate

Sources in the All Progressives Congress (APC) say that the party may have decided on General Muhammadu Buhari as its presidential candidate.

Some of the APC leaders said that Buhari candidature could guarantee vast support for the APC from the North-west and North-east, because, the sources said, most people in the North still see the former head of state as the messiah.Buhari, 71, obtained APC membership card this year, on February 8. But the first indications that the former head of state may contest the party’s presidential primary emerged in August.

According to the sources, Buhari seems to be the only person with qualities antithetical to any potential candidate from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This alternative, the sources said, may give additional votes to the opposition party.

One of the leaders from the Middle Belt said that Buhari is the only Nigeria’s leader who is not corrupt. He also called him a unifying figure within the party.