Afrigather Harmful Rivers Negate Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, Tuesday in Abuja acknowledged he had secured the approval of the President, Predominant Classic Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to enjoy consultations main as much as unveiling his plans to contest for the presidential trace of the All Progressives Congress.
He moreover declared to rally late ragged President Goodluck Jonathan if he (Jonathan) emerges the APC’s Presidential flag bearer sooner than next one year’s election.
Ayade disclosed this to Negate Home Correspondents rapidly after his assembly with the President at Aso Rock Villa.
Going forward, he acknowledged, he would kick off consultations over his presidential divulge.
Speaking of Jonathan, Ayade acknowledged he had profound appreciate for the ragged president and would no longer thoughts supporting him if the APC offered him the Presidential trace.
Ayade added that his conversations with the President is to mosey making an strive counsel as he prepares for next month’s main elections.
He, however, clarified that he did no longer expressly affirm the President of his desire to prevail him however perfect asked for nod to initiate retaining consultations.
He acknowledged the President gave him the approval to initiate consultations. Quizzed about his possibilities of winning in opposition to Jonathan if the ragged President joins the scoot, Ayade acknowledged: “I even gather enormous appreciate for President Jonathan. So, I create no longer gather any challenges in anyway.
“I contemplate that the occasion management will think the actual candidate that will desire our occasion to victory and so whereas you heard me successfully, I’m correct allotment of the family, fully real to the President, making an strive for to scoot for president and I’m running.
“At any deadline the political management of my occasion, the APC, feels that (ragged) President Jonathan is the actual candidate that will desire us to victory, I will turn my increase for him.
“I’m by no formulation ever going to fight the institution, the institution, the aristocracy, the non secular vortex of which God has placed a leader in the nation. I will by no formulation put a query to the powers of the leader of the nation.
“I even gather by no formulation performed the politics of antagonism or fights. Have to you already know the device I grew to became governor, I grew to became governor by offering to increase whoever the governor needs. By a stroke of success, I grew to became the candidate. The the same token… I’m perfect right here to increase the President’s candidate and by a stroke of success he acknowledged you to mosey there and be a part of the scoot.”
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