Protesters, on Friday, stormed the national headquarters of the All Progressives Congress (APC), demanding the adoption of former President Goodluck Jonathan as consensus candidate of the party.
Leader of the group, Umar Waja told newsmen that their choice of Jonathan as the party’s candidate was as a result of his unprecedented performance during the six years he held sway as president.
He said Jonathan’s emergence would also douse tension among contending zones of the country.
He said, “We are calling on President Buhari and the national working committee (NWC) under the distinguished leader of senator Abdullahi Adamu to adopt Goodluck Jonathan as their consensus candidate for the betterment of this country,” Waja said.
“We saw what he did during the last six years when he was piloting the affairs of this country. We need him at this crucial time because Nigeria needs to be united and we believe that he will be the only person that will unite this country so that he will take us to the promised land to where we ought to be and where we should be.
“Mr President has made it clear that as far the governors are concerned they have adopted their own concept of bringing out their successors so they should also allow him to bring his successor that is why we want Mr President to bring in Jonathan as consensus candidate.
“At this crucial time, we know Jonthan will lead this country very well. If Jonathan is the consensus candidate, he will win the election convincingly.”
