The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu said that the party will adopt any of the options best suited for it in the choice of who becomes the Presidential candidate of the party in 2023.
He said the APC is at best to chose between direct primary, indirect and consensus as options in the choice of the Presidential candidate
Adamu stated this while answering questions from newsnen shortly after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja.
He was accompanied on the visit to the President by the Governor Mai Bala Buni of Yobe State to thank him for his efforts towards the success of the Party’s convention.
He said “We’ll talk alright, but the options are there; direct primaries, indirect and consensus. The party has a choice which of these paths to take.”
“We all need our father, the president of Nigeria. Since the end of the Convention that took place on the 26th of March, we’ve not come to meet with him, to thank him for providing leadership for the party to have a successful Convention.
“The opportunity came today (Thursday), so I am here with the immediate past chairman of our great party, in the person of the governor of Yobe State, who headed the special caretaker committee that organized a very historic National Convention.
“Since the history of democracy in this country; First Republic, Second Republic, up to where we are today, I don’t remember any convention, the size we held. I don’t remember any convention that there were misgivings about the possibility of its success than this one. We came out clean and we thought the leadership that Mr. President provided the party has made all this possible.
“So, I came with my predecessor, to come and touch base with the President, with gratitude, and to inform him that we have fully handed over. I am in charge of this party, by the grace of God, we will be honest, we will take the trust that is placed on us with every sense of patriotism.