President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said that he has no anointed candidate in the presidential primary elections of the All Progressives Congress, APC, slated for June 7, 2022.
The President also said he is in agreement with the position of the APC northern governors that power should be shifted to the southern part of the country in 2023.
Briefing State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Buhari at the presidential Villa, Abuja, Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum and governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong said that the President made it clear that he has no anointed candidate in the presidential primary.
According to him, “Out of that discussions, Mr. President, as a believer in democratic process, believe that any candidate must emerge through a transparent process.