By David Odama (In Lafia, Nasarawa State)
Former Governors of Borno, Zamfara, Benue and Bauchi states, Senators Ali Modu Sheriff, George Akume, Abdullaziz Yari and Isa Yuguda have been urged to drop their Chairmanship ambition for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and join hands with senator Abdullahi Adamu for the interest of the party and the country.
They have also been advised to accept the candidature of Senator Adamu, popular as "The Bridge", for the position of National Chairman of APC when he is officially announced as the consensus candidate on March 26th.
Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday this week in a meeting with 11 APC governors at the presidential Villa, alleged to have insisted that former Nasarawa state Governor, Abdullahi Adamu, will be the next APC national chairman.
The Chairman, Council of APC Stakeholders in Nasarawa State, Dr Kassim Muh'd Kassim, told NIGERIAN NEWSLEADER Correspondent on Thursday in Lafia, that the four former Governors who are also aspirants to the national championship of the party are ready and will not hesitate to accept Adamu's candidature as the will of God, once it is made official.
Dr Kassim, a former member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, said the council under his leadership have set up an interface committee to meet with all the APC national chairmanship aspirants to respect the alleged decision of the President on Adamu's choice and accept it as the will of God.
"Adamu's endorsement by Mr President is a divine intervention. There can be only one party chairman at a time. It is God's making and all must accept his choice", Kassim declared.
Dr Kassim who is a close ally of the former Borno State Governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, said both Sheriff, Abdullaziz Yari, George Akume and Isa Yuguda have tremendous respect for Mr President and are ready to accept Adamu's candidature, once it is made official.
Kassim expressed the believe that the aspirants will soon collapse all their campaigns structures and offices to Senator Abdullahi Adamu campaign organization
"So far so good, the aspirants which the committee were able to speak to, promised to speak to other aspirants for a collective endorsement of Senator Abdullahi Adamu in honour of Mr President
"We are playing our part as APC stakeholders to lobby for a total acceptance for one of our own who is the most famous, experienced and political father in Nigerian politics.
"All we want is to go to the March 26th convention with all our candidates for national officers especially the chairman emerging through a consensus process to show the opposition that we are indeed a united family.
"But we are disappointed to see some blackmail sponsored stories against the person of Senator Abdullahi Adamu which clearly shows the desperation of some aspirants, but it is normal in a democracy" he said. NNL.