President Muhammadu Buhari has thrown his weight behind the candidature of former Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, for the position of National chairman of the All Progressives Congress.
This came to light after a meeting the President held with governors elected on the platform of the APC on Tuesday night in Abuja.
A Presidency official who spoke with newsmen on condition of anonymity, said apart from the issue being the sole item on the agenda of the meeting, the governors equally endorsed the position of Buhari on Oshiomhole.
The official said: “The President called this meeting with the APC governors to ask them to back Oshiomhole’s candidature.
“That’s the purpose of the meeting.
“And that is the President’s position.”
As at Tuesday, the incumbent National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, was yet to make his position known on if he will be seeking another term in office or not.
Both Odigie-Oyegun and Oshiomhole are from Edo State.
The party’s National Convention, where new members of the National Working Committee will emerge, has been slated for May 14 in Abuja.
