By Jude Opara, Abuja
Despite the endorsement of President Bola Tinubu as the sole candidate of stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party has revealed that it will still open the door other interested aspirants to contest to represent the party in the 2027 presidential election.
The National Organizing Secretary of the APC, Sulaiman Muhammad Argungu, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the just concluded 2025 by-elections and other sundry issues.
Argungu who acknowledged that all the organs of the party have earlier endorsed President Tinubu for 2027 presidential election, said that the door to contest for the presidential ticket is still widely open, because the party will not deny anybody his constitutional rights as a citizen and a member of the APC.
“The aspiration of the people would be the wish of the party. As leaders of the party today, the NWC, have endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the next presidential candidate of the party. By extension, other organs have done similar things. Governments in most of the states, zones in most of the six political zones, have also adopted the same.
“But that does not mean that the door is closed. That does not mean that when time comes, like we did always, we’ll make our timetable known so that for anybody who wants to aspire to be the next President of this country, under the platform of All Progressives Congress, we’ll not deny him that opportunity to come and purchase form. We’ll allow him to come and pay so that he can exercise his franchise as a member of the APC.
“We have never said it for any time, for any day that we have closed the door. But we are only telling people that we appreciate what Mr. President is doing to the good people of this country.”
It could be recalled that at the APC stakeholders meeting in June unanimously endorsed President Tinubu as the sole candidate of the ruling party.
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