{"id":98587,"date":"2022-08-25T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=98587"},"modified":"2022-08-25T09:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T08:45:00","slug":"for-2023-no-villa-candidates-only-apc-candidates-says-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/for-2023-no-villa-candidates-only-apc-candidates-says-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"For 2023, no Villa candidates, only APC candidates, says Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1742117926134564927\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday stated that only those candidates fielded by the\u00a0 ruling All Progressives Candidates, APC, would enjoy his support and they are the ones he would campaign for.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nBuhari stated this in a statement signed by Garba Shehu, his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity.<\/p>\n<p>He reassured the faithful party members he remained a \u201cdisciplined soldier\u201d of the\u00a0 APC, and will, in all the coming elections, support only those candidates fielded by the party and no other.<\/p>\n<p>Buhari directed officials in and around the Presidential Villa and all those engaging in loose talk to resist making controversial statements that eventually end up hurting the party and the government.<\/p>\n<p>He said this became necessary in order not to thereby provide a weapon for the opposition to use against his administration, the party or its candidates in the coming elections.<\/p>\n<p>He said he would continue to support the party at all levels to enforce discipline, synchronization and coordination.<\/p>\n<p>The statement, entitled: \u2018For 2023, no villa candidates, only APC candidates\u2019, read: \u201cThe Presidency wishes to put it on record, and at the same time, reassure faithful party members that President Muhammadu Buhari remains a \u201cdisciplined soldier\u201d of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and will, in all the coming elections, support only those candidates fielded by the party and no other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a warning to decamped party members and some others who are still in court against official candidates of the APC that they are on their own and nobody outside the party tent should link what they are doing to President Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President wishes to be quoted as saying that he is the \u201coccupant of the high office of the President by the Grace of God who used the instrumentality of the APC to bring him to power with a historic verdict in 2015.\u201d In 2019, he was returned with a bigger majority. For the first time, a non-PDP government came to power with a huge majority after 16 years of the Fourth Republic. His constant refrain is: \u201cI will not betray or undermine my party by supporting candidates other than those of the APC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis statement is not against any particular candidate. However, our stand is clear that only those candidates fielded by the All Progressives Candidates, APC will enjoy the support of the President and they are the ones he will campaign for. However, we welcome support for our candidates at all levels by other parties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President says he will continue to support the party at all levels to enforce discipline, synchronization and coordination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe also directs officials in and around the Presidential Villa and all those engaging in loose talk to resist making controversial statements that eventually end up hurting the party and the government, thereby providing a weapon for the opposition to use against the administration, the party or its candidates in the coming elections\u201d.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday stated that only those candidates fielded by the\u00a0 ruling All Progressives Candidates, APC, would enjoy his support and they are the ones he would campaign&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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