Buhari May Announce Anointed Presidential Candidate Today – Source

President Muhammadu Buhari may declare his support for one of the presidential aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress today at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.

Ezenwoko’s Blog had earlier reported that President Buhari left for Ghana today to attend an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Accra.

President Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina revealed this in a statement titled, ‘President Buhari To Attend ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit in Accra’.

A source that spoke with SaharaReporters disclosed that Buhari may announce his anointed candidate and push for a consensus among the aspirants.

The source said, “Buhari is calling for a dinner by 7 pm tonight to meet with the APC aspirants and there, he might tell them his preferred aspirant.”

The likes of former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, former minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, Ogbonnaya Onu, Godswill Akpabio, and Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba.

The Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Yahaya Bello (Kogi), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi), Ben Ayade (Cross River) and Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa).

Former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, former House of Representatives Speaker, Dimeji Bankole, and serving senators Ibikunle Amosun, Ajayi Boroffice, and Rochas Okorocha would hope to emerge as the preferred candidate for the president.