APC has chosen Abdullahi Adamu as its consensus candidate for party Chairman– Gov Sule

By our reporter| The ruling All Progressives Congress has designated former governor, Abdullahi Adamu, as its consensus candidate for the position of party Chairman, Nasarawa state governor, Abdullahi Sule disclosed on Friday.

Sule who made the disclosure while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today, also confirmed the ruling party’s readiness for the national convention set to hold on Saturday, March 26.

“Consensus is one of the requirements. it is provided in our Constitution and it is not against the Electoral Act, ” Sule said while defending the move.

The development comes a day after the party’s stakeholders in a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari announced that the APC had agreed to produce consensus candidates.

Adamu, who was until recently the Chairman of the APC National Reconciliation Committee will be the third substantive National Chairman of the party, after Adams Oshiomhole.

Prior to now, Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, has been the Chairman of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) for the party.

After the long wait, all is now set for the APC’s convention with party delegates already arriving in Abuja for the event set to hold at the Eagle Square.

President Buhari on Thursday urged the APC leaders and members to channel their energies into improving the fortunes of the party in the forthcoming elections and avoid any squabbling, that can distract or create disharmony.