By Omeiza Ajayi & Favour Ulebor, Abuja
Some opposition presidential candidates who took part in the 2023 General Elections on Thursday met with the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, begging him to prevail on President Bola Tinubu to include them in his ‘Government of National Competence’.
Tinubu as president-elect had in reaction to calls for a Government of National Unity said he would go beyond that and establish a Government of National Competence.
Some of the Presidential candidates who met with Ganduje at the National Secretariat of the party included those of All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA, Action Democratic Party ADP, National Rescue Movement NRM, Action Peoples Party APP, among others.
Speaking during a visit, Presidential candidate of the National Rescue Movement NRM, Ambassador Felix Johnson Osakwe, who spoke on behalf of the Forum of Concerned Presidential Candidates, said they are for the peace and development of Nigeria, hence their refusal to challenge Tinubu’s mandate at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal PEPT.
Source: Vanguard