The president paid special tribute to the party’s national leadership and its founding fathers and the National Presidential Convention Committee for organising what he called a perfect convention. Fayemi had also chaired the APC Convention in Lagos in 2014 that elected Buhari as the party’s candidate. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo who is the Chairman APC National Presidential Convention Committee, described Buhari as the antidote for all political locusts”. “We have a job to do, let us all join hands with President Buhari and roll up our sleeves for the task ahead,”he said. Mr Adams Oshiomhole, the APC National Chairman formally presented President Buhari to the convention as the party’s 2019 presidential candidate, amidst cheers from delegates and other party members.

Source: Nigerian Tribune October 07, 2018 06:22 UTC