Barring any last minute manoeuvre, President Muhammadu Buhari will this weekend name either Senate President Ahmad Lawan or former Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, as his preferred successor to the Presidency.
Two influential government sources, who knew about this development, revealed it to TheWill on Friday on the condition of anonymity.
This move will deal a huge blow to the presidential aspirations of notable aspirants like Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and his estranged benefactor, former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
President Buhari returned to Abuja from his official three-day trip to Spain on Friday afternoon and he is scheduled to meet again with Nigeria’s influential state governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress [APC], key party leaders as well as the 13 presidential aspirants cleared on Friday to contest in the party’s primary.
The APC has scheduled its presidential primary to hold between June 6 and 8, 2022.
