Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has tackled the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullah Adamu for unilaterally pushing forward Senate President, Ahmed Lawan as the consensus presidential candidate of the party.
Adamu had on Monday, announced Lawal as the consensus of the party.
Akeredolu who’s also the chairman of Southern Governors Forum has maintained that power should rotate to the South said Adamu is “on a frolic of his own”.
In a press statement issued on Monday, titled, ‘Abdullahi Adamu on a frolic of his own’, Akerdolu said they’re grieving (referring to the massacre in the Catholic Church in his state) but have not forgotten that power should return to the south.
The statement reads:
“My attention has just been drawn to the expensive joke purportedly enacted by the National Chairman of APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu,.
“The speculation is rife that the Chairman took a flight of fancy and decided to make a pronouncement beyond his competence.
“He has, allegedly, made public his preferred choice as the candidate of the APC for the Office of the President in the next general elections.
“This alleged pronouncement runs contrary to the position of majority of Northern Governors in APC and their counterparts in the South. Our agreement is unanimous on this issue.
“The Office of the President should be contested for by qualified persons from the Southern part of the country if the move to get a consensus candidate fails. There has been no shift from this settled issue.
“Let it be known that the Chairman or anyone who holds a contrary opinion does so at a personal level. He is at best embarking on a frolic which reasonable people will consider dangerous.
“We are grieving but have not forgotten that Power MUST shift to the south. On this we stand.”
