President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirants to pick a consensus candidate among themselves ahead of the party’s primary on June 6.
Buhari stated this on Saturday evening in the meeting he had with the aspirants at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.
Buhari said the southern region should produce the presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The president made his position known at a meeting with the presidential aspirants of the ruling party.
Newsflash Nigeria understands that the president said the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) caucus of the party should produce the flagbearer.
At the meeting, Buhari asked the APC governors and the presidential aspirants to brace up for elective primaries, ruling out the possibility of a consensus candidate.
Newsflash Nigeria gathered that some of the aspirants present announced their withdrawal from the race during the meeting.
