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| L-R Founder, Leadership Group, Sam Nda-Isaiah, Governor Rochas Okorocha, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former head of state, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) displaying their Certificates of Clearance after receiving same from Chairman, Presidential Screening Committee of APC, Chief Ogbonnaya Onu at the APC National Headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday. |
Five
presidential aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC,
yesterday signed a Letter of Commitment which compels them to remain in the
party even after losing out in the primary election.
The
undertaking also mandates them to collapse their individual campaign structures
into that of the party for effective campaign of the eventual flag bearer of
the party in the 2015 general election.
The
aspirants who included former Head of State, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari, former Vice
President
Atiku Abubakar, governors of Kano and Imo states, Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso
and Chief Rochas Okorocha, and the publisher of Leadership Newspaper,
Sam Nda-Isaiah were further barred from taking any action that would put
inhibitions on the campaign wheels of the party.
Chairman
of the APC Presidential Screening Committee, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, spoke of the
development at a ceremony at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja to
present Certificate of Clearance to the aspirants who successfully underwent a
screening session on Tuesday.
Onu said:
“We told the press earlier that our aspirants will sign a letter of commitment
to the party. I am happy to announce to you that all of them, all the five
aspirants were very happy to sign these letters of commitment.
“That
commitment is principally to assure the party that there is none of them
running for themselves. They are running to offer service to improve on the
well-being of our people to bring happiness to Nigerians, to foster unity and
bring peace and secure our country.”
Only one
person will fly our flag. They have all agreed that whoever flies our flag, the
other aspirants will support him. This is something integral to the party.
“They
will collapse their structures into the party, so that the party will move into
the election united and it will offer the party the best chance to win the
election on february 14th”,
The
chairman also gave details of the performance of the aspirants during the
screening exercise, asking Nigerians to chose between the ruling Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP and the APC.
“During
the screening exercise yesterday, we took our presidential aspirants through a
very rigorous exercise. It is important that Nigerians know the sort of people,
that one of whom will be the flag bearer of our great party to run for
president”
“We also
tested their understanding of the problems of this nation. Whoever flies our
flag will have full understanding of the problems”
“I want
to reveal to you that the score was very narrow and very high. The least scored
62 per cent and the highest scored 78 per cent. The second scored 77 percent
and the third scored 75 per cent”
“Nigerians
have a choice to make, because when you have two things. You never know which
is better until you try them. Nigerians ought to try the APC and give us a
chance to show so that the problems in the country can be solved”, Onu said.
Responding
on behalf of the aspirants, General Mohammdu Buhari thanked the committee
saying they would abide by the rules.
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