Governors from the northern states of the country who are members of the All Progressives Congress on Saturday said nothing would stop President Muhammadu Buhari from contesting the 2019 election .
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State , a close ally of the President, also backed Buhari for a second term.
They spoke just as the Special Adviser to the President on Social Media , Lauretta Onochie, said on Twitter on Saturday that, “We ’ re working on Buhari ’ s return to power in 2019. ”
The development came barely 48 hours after the Minister of Women Affairs , Aisha Alhassan, vowed to ensure the realisation of the presidential ambition of a former vice president, Atiku Abubakar , instead of Buhari in 2019 .
She had said, “ If am to choose between Atiku and Buhari if both contest the forthcoming 2019 presidential election , I will support Atiku . ”
Her declaration made the Kaduna State Governor , Nasir El-Rufai, to declare in an interview with State House correspondents that APC governors and ministers would support Buhari ’ s re-election in 2019.
El-Rufai said Alhassan did not believe in President Buhari ’ s political ideology and that she voted against the President during the APC presidential primary .
The Northern Governors Forum made its position known through the Deputy Chairman of the group , Abdullahi Ganduje.
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