The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has clarified the misrepresentation in the statement attributed to him by Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha, saying he never underrated the importance of governors in the party’s nomination process.
He, however, stated that what he told journalists in Akure “and still canvasses is that the APC should not mimic the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) penchant for short-circuiting internal democracy by promoting the idea of an automatic ticket.”
Okorocha had said that all the APC governors had endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari for re-election, thus implying the governors had given the President an automatic ticket for 2019.
While Tinubu was responding to the issue after a meeting with Afenifere Leader, Pa Fasoranti in Akure, he said such was strange to the party and that Buhari is a man who believes in due process.
The Imo State governor, however, interpreted that to mean a slight on the party’s governors.
Tinubu denies underrating APC govs’ role in nomination process
