Failed consensus: Buhari Support Group calls for Adamu’s resignation

By Uthman Salami

The Buhari Support Group (BSG) has called for the resignation of the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, following his unilateral attempt to impose Senate President Ahmad Lawan on the party as its consensus presidential candidate.

The group in a statement by its Spokesman, Ahmed Bashir, said Adamu’s action, using the name of President Muhammadu Buhari, has not only caused the president a national disgrace but also an international embarrassment.

The Group said Buhari has been “vindicated by the position of President Muhammadu Buhari that he has not endorsed any consensus candidate for the position of Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives  Congress (APC).

“The purported adoption of a consensus candidate  by the party Chairman, Senator Abdulahi Adamu, using the name of President Buhari, has not only caused Mr. President a national disgrace but also international embarrassment.

“ It is commendable that Mr. President has instantly disassociated himself from the  sham consensus candidate announced by Senator Adamu, which has caused serious disagreement in the party’s National Working Committee.

“In view of the above, it is our position that Senator Abdulahi Adamu should step down forthwith  as the Chairman of the party as he is no longer seen as an unbiased umpire and therefore unable to conduct, coordinate, supervise and oversee the presidential primary election, for which he has announced a fake result even before the commencement of accreditation.

“We call on the members of the National Working Committee to rise up to the occasion and save our party from implosion, by suspending  Senator Adamu till after the convention,  if he fails to immediately recuse himself from conducting the presidential primary election.”