Jigawa State Governor, Abubakar Badaru and the senator representing Ondo North Senatorial District, Prof. Ajayi Boroffice have stepped down for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the ongoing presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Both Badaru and Boroffice called on all delegates to vote for Tinubu, saying the former Lagos Governor deserves the presidential ticket of the APC.
The delegates of the APC gathered to vote on Tuesday in a primary election to choose the party’s candidate for next year’s election to replace the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
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More than 2,300 APC delegates will select the candidate to face 75-year-old Atiku Abubakar of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party among others in the February 25 presidential ballot.
Buhari, who is stepping down after the two terms he is allowed in the constitution, arrived at the Eagle Square convention centre early in the evening before voting was to start.
The Nigerian leader has spent days leading up to the convention in negotiations with the APC’s leaders seeking unity over a party candidate.
“The fate of the party depends on what we do here,” APC party chairman Abdullahi Adamu said, echoing Buhari’s call for unity in the ranks.