APC Insists Presidential Ticket Open To All Aspirants;

The National Organising Secretary of the  ruling All Progressives Congress, APC,  Sulaiman Mohammad Argungu, has disclosed that the party’s presidential ticket for the 2027 election is open to any aspirant from the party who wants to contest.

Argungu said the APC will ”not close our doors” on any presidential hopeful who decided to contest the party’s presidential ticket with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

He spoke on Wednesday at an interactive session with journalists at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

His remark also came after the major opposition party in the country, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said on Tuesday that it has zoned its presidential ticket to the south. The decision has however polarized the party as some of its supporters vehemently disagreed with the decision taken by the party.

Based on convention, President Tinubu , as the incumbent from the APC, analysts insist, should be offered the first right of refusal to fly the APC ticket in the next election.

The party, the magazine also recalls, had recently endorsed President Tinubu for a second term in office, saying he has performed well since he came to office over two years ago.

In spite of this, Argungu said other aspirants would not be prevented from obtaining the nomination form to vie for the ruling APC sole ticket, adding that the decision is in conformity with the party’s democratic principles to allow all aspirants to have a level playing field.

Argungu:  “We will definitely not close our doors (other Presidential aspirants). When the time comes, our timetable will be made known. Anybody who wants to aspire for the presidency under the APC will not be denied the opportunity to purchase the expression of interest and nomination forms to exercise their franchise.

“We never said we had locked the door. We are only telling people that we appreciate what the President is doing for the people of the country and that he deserves a second term in office when we roundly endorsed him recently.”