President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, accepted the presidential nomination and expression of interest forms of the All Progressives Congress from a group, Nigerian Consolidation Ambassadors Network, which donated the forms worth N45m to him to support his bid for re-election next year.<\/p>\n
At an event marking the handover and acceptance of the forms in the Presidential Villa, Buhari lashed out at defectors from the APC, describing them as weak and selfish politicians.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cI am honoured today to receive youths from all over the country contributing to buy the form for me.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe weakest whose sense of expectation do not align with our vision have exited our party.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said following the exit of the defectors from the party, \u201cWe now have a party of strong and patriotic people who are ready to work for a strong Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n
Buhari had in April this year declared his interest for a\u00a0second term in office.<\/p>\n
Buoyed by this, a pro-Buhari group, Nigeria Consolidation Ambassadors Network, had on September 5, while Buhari was attending the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit in Beijing, China, purchased the N45m worth of forms for the President.<\/p>\n
The forms were presented to the President by representatives of the group, comprising the Chairman, Board of Trustees, Farouk Adamu Aliyu; the Deputy Chairman of the BoT, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba; the National Coordinator of the group, Sunusi Musa; the six zonal coordinators, and three special representatives.<\/p>\n
Buhari received the forms from the group at 12pm on Tuesday with some of his top aides, including the Minister of Transportation and Director-General of the President\u2019s campaign organisation, Rotimi Amaechi, in attendance.<\/p>\n
Others present included, Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, \u00a0and the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami.<\/p>\n
Accepting the forms on Tuesday, Buhari expressed his delight for being honoured by the group said to be made up of youths from different parts of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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