Just Like in Turkey, Any Attempt to Impeach Buhari will be Resisted - APC Governors

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors
have called on Nigerians to support President
Muhammadu Buhari in the face of present
difficulties and challenges in the country.

 

Speaking on Saturday, All Progressives Congress
(APC) Governors under the aegis of the
Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), declared that
the peoples power are behind President
Muhammadu Buhari, saying that Nigerians would
resist any attempt to impeach the President as
widely reported in the past week from the
aggrieved National Assembly lawmakers.

In a communiqué issued at the end of their
meeting in Benin, Edo state capital, on Saturday at
the flagging off of the governorship campaign of
the candidate of the party in the September 10
governorship election in Edo state, Godwin
Obaseki, called on Nigerians to support President
Buhari in the face of present difficulties and
challenges in the country.

Meanwhile, over two thousand members of the
PDP in the state led by a veteran politician and
one of the founding fathers of the PDP in the state,
Chief Samson Esemuede openly defected to the
APC yesterday, declaring their support for the
candidate of the party, Obaseki.

According to Vanguard, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun,
the national chairman of the APC, who handed the
APC flag over to Obaseki and his running mate,
Philip Shuaibu, described Obaseki as a
hardworking and focused young man “who will
make us proud after Oshiomhole”.

Osarodion Ogie who is the Director General of the
Obaseki campaign organization, said Obaseki is “a
good product for Edo people and that is why Edo
people are behind him”.

The flag-off ceremony was quite colourful as the
Samuel Ogbemudia stadium, venue of the exercise
was filed to capacity while about twelve governors
of the APC, led by the chairman of the
Progressives Governor’s Forum and governor of
Imo State, Rochas Okorocha.