Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the party will not be breaking its own law if it makes President Muhammadu Buhari a sole candidate in the 2019 election.
The APC leader said this in Akure, the Ondo state capital, during his visit to the leaders of Afenifere, the apex Yoruba socio-political organisation.
However, he added that the APC would prefer to go by constitutional provisions in nominating a candidate for the presidential election.
“We wanted him even before the last convention and primaries of the party and Akeredolu is here standing with me, he was not the governor then, he was one of the leading delegates that voted properly and Buhari was a clear winner,” he said.
“We followed all the constitutional provision and an individual opinion does not matter at this stage. Buhari will want a normal process but if the national body, the NEC, and all of us as members, endorse him as our single candidate, we will not be violating INEC regulations, we will not be violating our party constitution. What you are hearing is just a campaign: Buhari has not excluded anybody and he has not infringed on anybody’s ambition.”
