Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s meeting with Ogun Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, alongside the gubernatorial candidate of opposition Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Adekunle Akinlade, as a great development.
In a statement released on Tuesday by the group’s Chairman, Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary, Cassidy Madueke, he said that the meeting was not a definite sign of President Buhari’s endorsement of the APM candidate.
Akinsiju said that Buhari had earlier raised the hand of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Dapo Abiodun, as his preferred candidate during a recent visit alongside former Ogun Governor, Olusegun Osoba.
“We are aware of some disquiet among APC members on seeing the picture of the President with Gov. Amosun and the APM candidate on the front page of national dailies after the weekend meeting at the Presidential Villa.
“But just as the Presidency has made it clear that the President would only back APC candidates, we don’t see the meeting as a contradiction of the stance.
“It in fact shows the acceptability that President Buhari enjoys across party lines as opposed to the recent stage-managed endorsement of the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar by insignificant political parties and politicians with no real electoral value,’’ Akinsiju said.
BMO noted that a sign of the President’s acceptability far and wide was the fact that PDP governorship and National Assembly candidates in several parts of the country were running their campaign with posters that showed Buhari’s image. “It is a known fact that there is no living politician with the cult-like followership and support Buhari has in some parts of the country as a result of his legendary integrity.
“It is not a surprise that several PDP candidates in Northern Nigeria have been openly canvassing for the President’s re-election. “The question begging for answer is: why are these candidates not campaigning for Atiku Abubakar or put his image on their campaign posters?”
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