ACF faults bid to hand APC ticket to Tinubu unopposed

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo

Kaduna – The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has faulted suggestions that nary subordinate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) should situation President Bola Tinubu for the party’s statesmanlike summons successful the 2027 elections.

According to the bluish socio-political group, specified pronouncements undermine Nigeria’s Constitution and tally contrary to antiauthoritarian principles.

Speaking to the BBC Hausa monitored by our analogous successful Kaduna, ACF’s spokesperson, Prof. Tukur Muhammad Baba, insisted that each Nigerian has the law close to contention for immoderate office, careless of region, provided they conscionable the requirements of the electoral laws.

“As agelong arsenic ideology is successful signifier and the Constitution remains operational, it sets retired the conditions immoderate national indispensable fulfil earlier vying for office,” helium said.

“By law, each Nigerian, not conscionable from a peculiar zone, who meets the criteria laid down by the electoral committee tin contention immoderate position, including the presidency.”

Prof. Baba stressed that though ACF is not a governmental party, it has a work to talk connected governance and governmental issues that impact the country. He urged the APC to let unfastened contention alternatively than adjacent ranks astir a azygous aspirant.

Reacting, APC’s Director of Publicity, Malam Bala Ibrahim, maintained that portion the Constitution guarantees the close of each qualified Nigerian to tally for office, governmental parties besides reserve the close to enactment aspirants of their choice.

“There is nary question astir it, the Constitution allows immoderate qualified Nigerian to contest. But a governmental enactment besides has its ain preferences. Parties rally down candidates they judge champion correspond their interests,” helium said.

“That does not mean others volition beryllium stopped from trying. Anyone who qualifies tin campaign. But astatine the extremity of the day, the enactment volition surface and take who it considers astir suitable.”

In May, APC leaders from the North-West — including governors, ministers, lawmakers and enactment executives- publically endorsed President Tinubu for a 2nd word successful 2027.

Though Tinubu himself has yet to state involvement successful seeking re-election, analysts accidental the aboriginal jostling for 2027 reflects the obsession of Nigeria’s governmental people with elections astatine the disbursal of governance, a inclination they pass poses sedate risks to the nation’s ideology and development.

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