The President Buhari administration has denied appointing an All
Progressives Congress chieftain, Rotimi Amaechi to preside over his campaign.
The presidency has reacted to reports that the Minister of
Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi had been appointed as Director-General for
President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign for 2019.
Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, described the reports as
mere rumour. Adesina told State House correspondents in Abuja on Sunday that
the president had not decided to run for re-election
He said: “I believe that things like Director-General
will come when you have become a candidate. If the president steps into the
fray now, he’s an aspirant just like any other aspirant.
“Having a Director-General comes when you become a candidate of
the party.’’
On whether Buhari will embrace the Nelson Mandela option of
four-year single term, Adesina said it was the constitutional right of the
President to run or not to run.
“Of course, this is a democracy. People will always have a right
to their opinion. You know one thing about democracy is that there is
multiplicity of opinion.
“So, those who believe in the Mandela option, it is their right.
And it is also the right of the president to run or not to run. So, you don’t
abridge the right of anybody under a democracy.
“You cannot start a race until the whistle is blown. So, when he
blows the whistle and say ‘yes, this is my ambition,’ then, the race starts”.
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