The quest for All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential ticket has gotten darker and gloomy as the announcement by the party Chairman has been disowned by President Muhammadu Buhari, who has released a new statement claiming that he (Buhari) has not chosen any successor and has no anointed candidate for the party ticket.
The APC Chairman earlier on Monday announced to the party`s National Working Committee (NWC) that Ahmed Lawan has been chosen as a consensus candidate for the presidential election.
He also claimed that President Buhari was consulted before this decision was reached, implying clearly that the decision to choose the Senate President as the APC consensus candidate is with the blessings of President Buhari.
President Buhari for a long time has been holding his card very close to his chest even after declaring publicly that he has a choice successor.
The announcement by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu on Monday at the meeting of National Working Committee (NWC) in Abuja has also been rejected openly by members of the committee.
Also, 13 APC northern governors this Monday again publicly reconfirmed their endorsement for the choice of a southerner as the APC flag bearer for the presidential election.
The choice of the Senate President became a strong possibility when he ventured into the raise almost at late stage of the declaration of interest.
With is closeness to President, many would have expected him to purchase the highly expensive APC nomination form without a clear path to emerging victorious in the contest.
As the party goes into the already schedule primaries tonight, nothing is clear on how the other candidates will respond to this development.
All eyes are on the rest of the contenders for the ticket tonight to see how their reaction will be as those behind Ahmed Lawan will be required to officially confirm his candidacy in the party`s convention slated to end tonight.
