Buhari ‘shortlists’ two presidential aspirants as successor

<p><strong><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">President Muhammadu Buhari<&sol;a> may have shortlisted <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Vice President Yemi Osinbajo<&sol;a> and <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Senate President Ahmad Lawan<&sol;a> as his <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">prefered successor<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The President had appealed to the APC governors to allow him to pick his preferred successor ahead of the party’s presidential primaries on June 6&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Buhari made the appeal during a meeting with the governors and the National Chairman of the ruling party&comma; Senator Abdullahi Adamu&comma; at the Presidential Villa&comma; Abuja on Tuesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A Presidential source disclosed that Buhari is torn between the choice of Lawan and Osinbajo&comma; following the emergence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the PDP presidential candidate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the <em>Daily Sun<&sol;em>&comma; a team is looking at the pros and cons of selecting Lawan or Osinbajo&comma; with the view to giving President Buhari informed advice for the final decision to be made on his return from Spain by Friday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The presidential source said Buhari during his meeting with APC governors carefully highlighted that his choice would be someone capable of driving his visions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;jim-iyke-breaks-silence-on-converting-to-islam-video&sol;">Jim Iyke Breaks Silence On Converting To Islam &lpar;VIDEO&rpar;<&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>He said Osinbajo has also strongly defended Buhari’s policies and projects&comma; having played a lead role in its execution with the management of key initiatives central to the administration’s strategic imperatives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The presidential source added that Lawan has also supported key legislation and helped support the President’s external borrowing policy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was learned that a lobby group would be raised in the coming days to work in the north and south&comma; depending on who the President chooses between Osinbajo and Lawan&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The lobby group is waiting to meet with northern and southern elders in APC to solicit support for either of the two presidential aspirants&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;