2023: President Buhari did not endorse me for APC chairmanship seat, Senator Abdullahi Adamu declares

• Senator Abdullahi Adamu has denied reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed him
• Adamu was said to have been endorsed by Buhari as the consensus candidate for the national chairmanship position of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
• He made the clarification in Keffi while he was playing host to officials of the party at his Keffi country home

Former governor of Nasarawa State, Senator Abdullahi Adamu and a top contender for the position of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said contrary to media reports, he was not endorsed by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Senator Adamu made the clarification in Keffi while he was playing host to officials of the party at the Local Government level at his Keffi country home, on Saturday.

Recall, during the last meeting of the APC, it was gathered that the president had endorsed Senator Adamu and that the announcement did not go down well with the party’s stakeholders and state governors.

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It will be recalled that some governors, in a statement, said Senator Adamu is not a core member of the party, saying someone who knows the ins and outs of the party should be the one to head the party and not a former member of PDP.

The governors also alleged that his performance as the chairman of the APC reconciliation committee was also not encouraging to give him the mandate.

Bello's endorsement of Tinubu and emergence as APC acting chairman: A coincidence?

Meanwhile, Governor Bello's emergence as the acting chairman of the APC comes a month after endorsing the presidential aspiration of the party's national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Bello is one of the three serving state governors who have openly backed Tinubu to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.

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While declaring his support for Tinubu recently, he described the APC leader as "a candidate to reckon with."

The Niger state governor made the remark on Thursday, January 20, when he received Tinubu during a visit to the Government House in Minna.

He added that he is looking forward to seeing Tinubu replicate the foundation he laid in Lagos for Nigeria.

Bello receives report of APC zoning committee

It is also noteworthy that one of the major official duties Governor Bello performed after emerging the acting chairman was to receive a report of the party’s zoning committee ahead of the national convention.

The report was presented to him at the meeting of the Caretaker/Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee of the APC by the Chairman of the committee and Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq.

As the APC plans for its convention scheduled to hold on Saturday, March 26, it remains to be seen whether Bello's emergence as the acting chairman will boost Tinubu’s emergence as the ruling party's presidential candidate.

Source: Legit.ng