Ahead of the All Progressives Congress, APC special convention slated to hold between 6th and 8th June 2023, a top supporter of President Buhari and member of the Presidential steering committee, Hon. Obidike Chukwuebuka has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to allow APC delegates to decide the fate of 13 presidential aspirants successfully screened by the Oyegun led screening committee.
Obidike made this call while addressing some party stakeholders who attended a One-day interactive session organized by conference in of APC support groups. He stressed the need to be careful on how the issues of the presidential primaries is being handled in order not to hit up the polity.
The former National Youth leader aspirant said that the rigorous processes passed through by delegates during the state congresses cannot to truncated by outright Presidential anointing. He called on the president to allow delegates exercise their rights to vote.
He also highlighted how there’s need to allow the aspirants a fair play at the convention which he said will deepen the party’s democratic value. Obidike is of the opinion that the party may loose greater relevance if the presidency does the alleged anointing.
