From all indications, the All Progressives Congress governors could be rooting for the candidature of Gen Muhammadu Buhari as the presidential candidate for the 2015 General Elections.
According to the governors, the enemies of the party are the ones spearheading the campaign to have the Speaker, Hon Aminu Tambuwal to emerge as the flagbearer of the party.
It was revealed by two of the governors who maintained that there was no way the APC governors would support Tambuwal and were not worried with Tambuwal’s picking of the party’s presidential form.
He said, “We are not worried with his picking presidential form. He’s not going far.
“We expected him to focus on him becoming the governor of Sokoto State. He’s a good product anyway, but he’s not ripe for Presidency now. He can’t defeat President Goodluck Jonathan.”
Another governor, who’s from the North, said Tambuwal’s entrance could be a ploy by pro-Jonathan sympathisers within the party who he said, could be looking for a weak candidate that the president could easily over-run.
He said he and some leaders within the party were informed the national leadership of the party and the Presidency were scared of a Buhari challenge.
He said this could be the main reason the pro-Jonathan people within the party could have sold a dummy to Tambuwal, deceiving him that he’s young and would be liked by all.
He said, “We know what’s going on. We are not being deceived. Those saying Tambuwal is young and vibrant are saying the truth, but his time hasn’t come. He doesn’t have the capacity to command the followership in the north and the entire country.
“This is not the time to allow anyone to sell any dummy to the party. It is a national party and not a regional party anymore.
“If there is anyone who think he can betray us at this stage, the person must think twice. We like Tambuwal, but he can’t be our candidate for now.”
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