Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, the Governor of Jigawa State, and Robert Ajayi Boroffice, have stepped down for Bola Tinubu, in the ongoing All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries.
He announced this during while giving his remarks at the ongoing national convention of the party.
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Badaru stated;
I am from the North; and we are taught to honour agreements. I align with the resolution of my colleagues that power should shift to the South. I support our father, Tinubu.
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On his part, Senator Ajayi Borrofice also stepped down for Tinubu; calling him “a great leader” and “disciple builder.”
Earlier, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole; Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi; former Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun; and Senator Godswill Akpabio stepped down for Tinubu.
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Selected members of APC are currently gathered to vote in key primaries to choose a candidate for next year’s election to replace President Muhammadu Buhari.
More than 2,300 APC delegates will select a candidate to face 75-year-old Atiku Abubakar of the opposition People’s 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 President had spent the past few days leading up to the convention in negotiations with the APC’s leaders seeking unity over a party candidate.
