A presidential aspirant of Nigeria’s All Progressive Congress, APC, has reportedly told the party that he would not accept the option of a consensus candidate if he is not the selected one.
This was disclosed by the chairperson of the screening committee, John Odigie-Oyegun, in Abuja on Friday.
According to Odigie-Oyegun, all the 22 out of 23 presidential aspirants agreed to the option of a consensus candidate if there was ‘proper consultation.’
“We engaged every aspirant on the issue of consensus and it was a pleasant surprise that 99 per cent agreed that the party is supreme and whatever the party finally decides, with proper consultation, they were likely to accept.
“There is only one person that said I will accept consensus as long as it is based on me.
“So, I think it is a point I need to emphasize on it. That gives you a way in the hours ahead to trim down even more drastically. But finally, we think we should not be afraid of the contested primary if anybody insists on the contest,” the committee chairman said.
Although he did not mention the aspirant who insisted he must be the consensus candidate, most Nigerians are pointing at the former Lagos governor, Bola Tinubu.
This is coming after Tinubu made comments on howt is ‘his turn’ to be Nigeria’s president after elaborating on his contributions to the party and how he helped President Muhammadu Buhari to power.
