ONDO GUBER RACE, I’VE NO
PREFERRED CANDIDATE - BUHARI
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Locked party secretariat by the group Locked party secretariat by the group Mr Buhari spoke Monday in Abuja through the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir David Lawal who met with the 24 aspirants of the party.
Briefing journalists at the end of the parley which lasted four hours, Mr Lawal said discussions were peaceful and fruitful.
“The government of President Muhammadu Buhari wishes to reiterate that it has no preferred candidate among the 24 aspirants and that government would do all in its power to provide a level-playing field for all the aspirants.
“We expect that all the aspirants will work hard to win the votes of delegates. In the tradition of APC, we expect that there will be no inducement of delegates or coercion”, he said. Lawal also assured of adequate deployment of security operatives for the primaries, warning that government would deal decisively with anyone who breaches the peace.
He also added that as a government, the President Buhari-led administration has no preffered aspirant. He urged the aspirants to unite behind whoever emerges as the candidate saying, “soon, Ondo state would become an APC state”.
“We understand that tension is high due to some underlying factors. The National Working Committee NWC of the party has assured the government and we believe them that everything will be done to ensure that elections are free and fair and we know that no official of the party would do anything to give undue advantage to any aspirant over others.
“We will like to once again reassure you that as a government, we have no preferred candidate. “Government will come hard on anyone that does anything that in anyway jeopardises the peace and security of Ondo state”, he warned.
He equally told the aspirants that 10 of them were yet to sign an undertaken with the Department of State Services DSS to be of good conduct, urging them to so do. Read more
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