APC 2023 PRESIDENCY: Abdullahi Adamu declares Ahmad Lawan as the party's consensus candidate

 The governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) met with members of the party's National Working Committee (NWC) on the Mondaý. However, the party's national leader, Abdullahi Adamu, who was supposed to be present at the meeting, was absent. Therefore, the governors decided to meet Mr Adamu at his residence to further discuss the convention. Some of the governors at the meeting were Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna), Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), and Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos). Although the agenda for the meeting has not been disclosed, it may be related to Mr Adamu's statement that Ahmad Lawan is the consensus candidate accepted by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The national chairman had informed NWC members during their meeting at the national secretariat that Mr Lawan was the party's consensus candidate but announced that other aspirants were free to proceed with the contest. The statement was dismissed by members of the NWC, who dismissed the idea as Mr Adamus' "opinion". Deputy National Chairman (North), Abubakar Kyari, briefed journalists after the meeting with the governors and said the party has yet to reach a consensus.

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