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2019 Election: No automatic ticket for Buhari – Tinubu

2019 Election: Tinubu opposes automatic ticket for Buhari.

The National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has announced that there will be no automatic ticket for President Muhammadu Buhari to contest for the presidency under the APC in 2019.
Tinubu made the announcement on Wednesday in Akure, Ondo State, during his visit to the leader of the Pan Yoruba socio- cultural group, Afenifere, Pa. Reuben Fasonranti.
The former Lagos governor expressly stated that whoever would represent the party must be selected through a transparent primary election.
The APC chieftain after the closed door meeting with Fasonranti told journalists that the party would not violate its law to grant Buhari automatic ticket.
Condemning governors who had already publicly endorsed President Buhari for 2019, Tinubu said the governors lacked the power to do so, as such action contravened the APC constitution.