Politics
APC Presidential Primaries: ‘I Will Not Step Down For Anybody’ – Tunde Bakare
Tunde Bakare has insisted that he will not step down for anybody at APC Presidential Primaries.
iexclusivenews reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirants, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has vowed to transform Nigeria if elected.
This online news platform understands that Tunde Bakare unlike other APC Presidential Aspirants did not step down for any aspirant, instead, he expressed confidence in becoming Nigeria’s next president.
Before his speech, Tunde Bakare called for one-minute silence for victims of the Owo terrorist attack. “I am not here to step down for anyone. I am here to step up as the 16th President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” he said.
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iexclusivenews Nigeria reports that Tunde Bakare stated this at the ongoing APC Presidential Primaries at Eagles Square in Abuja.
In his words: “I respect every aspirant here, including Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“But I am not stepping down for anyone.
“I am here by the grace of God to step up and contest to become the 16th president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” the cleric said.
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Tunde Bakare also said he would develop Nigeria like a genius.
Selected members of APC have gathered to vote on Tuesday in key primaries to choose a candidate for next year’s election to replace the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
More than 2,300 APC delegates will choose a candidate to run against Atiku Abubakar, 75, of the opposition People’s Democratic Party, and others in the presidential election on February 25.
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President Buhari, who is stepping down after serving the constitutionally mandated two terms, arrived at the Eagle Square conference center early in the evening, just before voting began.
The Nigerian president has spent the days running up to the convention in talks with the APC’s leaders, attempting to reach an agreement on a party candidate.
“The fate of the party depends on what we do here,” APC party chairman Abdullahi Adamu said, echoing Buhari’s call for unity in the ranks.