Breaking – APC Presidential Aspirants Reject Oshiomhole’s Endorsement Of Buhari

Four of the five declared presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have rejected claims of a right of first refusal for President

Four of the five declared presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have rejected claims of a right of first refusal for President Muhammadu Buhari in the contest for the presidential ticket of the party.

APC national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, had on Monday, declared that President Buhari, as the incumbent president, has a right of first refusal of the party’s presidential ticket.

However, his claim was however countered by the four rivals who declared Adams’ assertion as undemocratic and incongruous to presidential style democratic culture.

The four aspirants are Mr. Adamu Garba II, Chief Executive Officer of IPI Solutions, one of the country’s leading software solution providers; Dr. SKC Ogbonnia, Chairman of Texas Energy Corporation; Chief Udo Udeogaranya, a seasoned politician, & Alhaji Mumakai Unagha, a Second Republic lawmaker.

The fifth person among the declared aspirants is President Buhari, who made his intention known for a second term on April 9 to a meeting of party leaders at the national secretariat.

Dr. Ogbonnia told Vanguard: “Comrade Oshiomhole is not speaking for the party but for himself. The APC leader, Bola Tinubu, made it clear that the presidential ticket of the party was open. Buhari, too, was quoted severally to support the rule of law and internal party democracy within APC.”

Mr. Adamu Garba II, said: “APC is purely a democratic party and will do nothing anti-democratic in its operations. We have started a process to formally go to his office and declare our interest in the office of the President. That I believe will remove the conditionality of the first right of refusal since it is evident that it is not only the President that is interested in the office of the President under the party.”

Delta State-born politician, Alhaji Unagha, in his response, described the claim by Oshiomhole as unconstitutional.