Nigerians React As Buhari Seeks APC Governors’ Support To Pick Successor

Nigerians have reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari‘s appeal to the Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Naija News reports that the President had appealed to the APC governors to allow him to pick his preferred successor ahead of the party’s presidential primaries on June 6.

Buhari made the appeal during a meeting with the governors and the National Chairman of the party at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday.

President Buhari during the meeting also called on APC governors to make decisions that would enable the party to remain in power.

He assured the governors that the consultation process will continue to ensure that all aspirants and stakeholders would be brought on board right through to the convention.

The President also stressed that the consultations would also ensure that any anxiety occasioned by different factors is effectively brought under control and that the party emerges stronger.

Following the development, some Nigerians have taken to social media to express their views regarding the President’s appeal to the governors.

See some f the reactions below.

If Buhari wants a southern candidate to get APC’s ticket without rancour he will do it. If northern APC Governors want a southern APC president in 2023 they will do it. This notion that another northerner must challenge Atiku is a weak argument. They can if that’s what they want.

— Dr Dípò Awójídé (@OgbeniDipo) May 31, 2022

If he allowed APC Governors to choose their successors, it will not be fair if they don’t allow Buhari to bring in his anointed candidate whom Peter Obi will defeat effortlessly.

— JADON (@PrinxGraphix) June 1, 2022

You Chose Your Successors, Kindly Allow Me Choose Mine, Buhari directly or indirectly tells APC Governors.

My take: Buhari has justification to Chose his successor.

— Dr. Oluwaseun William-Ologun (@seunwrites_) May 31, 2022

APC Governors' meeting which was held after meeting with the President yesterday ended in a deadlock…

Emergence of Atiku in PDP is a big factor in APC's primaries…they are already confused…

"as e dey pain dem e dey sweet us" 🎶

— Hon. Otaigbe Imadegbelo (@Imudia_se2) June 1, 2022

Buhari has informed the APC governors that he has a Candidate in mind and has asked the 21 of them to support him.

— DEMAGOGUE PhD.💘senior advocat (@von_Bismack) May 31, 2022

It doesn’t matter who Buhari picks as his successor the APC governors knows that nobody in his stable state of mind is willing to vote in anyone under the platform of the APC. They’ve done enough damage and we’ll never repeat them again

— Umar Madaaks (@UMadaaks) June 1, 2022

It is an open secret that I am not a fan of Pres. Buhari and esp his media team. But I must admit that his address to the APC Governors yesterday must go down as a political masterpiece. Without endorsing the spirit & letters, it was well crafted and ridden with clues all over.

— MistUka (@OrjiUka) June 1, 2022

APC Governors are supporting consensus candidates after Buhari instructed them. Please if you have Tinubu's number, please call him and advice him to join SDP or support Peter Obi.

— Ọládélé 🇳🇬👑 (@Theoladeledada) June 1, 2022

I allowed you to choose your successor in your States, So you all will allow me to choose my consensus candidate too.

Buhari to APC governors.

Breakfast hot as popcorn.

— Onwa_Nnewi (@Kene_Nnewi) May 31, 2022

Buhari passed explicit instruction to APC governors, then flew to Spain. Plausible deniability. By the time he gets back, he’ll plead the fifth – “I’m not aware!!” Tinubu about to be served cold breakfast.😃 pic.twitter.com/6wGCuFXJhQ

— NEFERTITI (@firstladyship) June 1, 2022

About this consensus candidate thing is that, I see APC governors moving against the president's anointed candidate, they will revolt and work against his candidate, in other words! SOMEONE ELSE WILL BE THE PRESIDENT, NOT THE ANOINTED CANDIDATE!! #APCPresidentialPrimaries

— GodFather tips (30BG) (@Davidopar0dy) June 1, 2022