Ondo Governorship Primaries: I have no anointed candidate – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated that he has no preferred candidate among the 24 governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State. Buhari said this through the Secretary to theGovernment of the Federation, SGF, Babachir David Lawal, during a meeting with all the aspirants in Abuja.

The APC will on Saturday conduct its primary election to pick its candidate ahead of the governorship election in the state.  Addressing reporters after the meeting, Lawal said: “The government of President Muhammadu Buhari wishes to reiterate that it has no preferred candidate among the 24 aspirants and that government would do all in its power to provide a level-playing field for all the aspirants.

“We expect that all the aspirants will work hard to win the votes of delegates. In the tradition of APC, we expect that there will be no inducement of delegates or coercion.”  The SGF also warned that government would deal decisively with anyone who breached the peace of the state during the primaries.

“We will like to once again reassure you that as a government, we have no preferred candidate. Government will come hard on anyone that does anything that in anyway jeopardises the peace and security of Ondo state”, he added.