Following pressure mounted on him to seek a second term in 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari is to address the nation soon on whether he would yield or not.
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Governors’ Forum and Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, made this known in an interaction with State House correspondents on Thursday.
The APC governors met with Buhari behind closed doors after the Council of State meeting, with the obvious intention of making him run for a second term in office.
The meeting is a follow up to an earlier one last week in the country home of the president in Daura, Katsina State.
The governor had said the Daura meeting was to commiserate with the president over the death of two of his relatives, but it is largely believed the meeting was beyond that of condolence.
Speaking after the meeting with the president on Thursday, Okorocha said the president would soon address the nation on whether or not he would run for a second term.
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His words: “We discussed so many issues that affect the nation, our party and Mr. President’s ambition to run for 2019 elections.
“Anyhow, Mr. President in his usual manner has requested that we give him time and that he will address the nation and the caucus of the party very soon.
“So, we should be full of expectations that Mr. President will make officially known to Nigerians his intentions.
“But we hope that his response will be in line with what the governors are thinking.’’
Okorocha stated that quite certain that the nation would be the better for it, the APC governors wanted the president to seek re-election.
He said the governors were impressed by his performance since 2015 when he became president.
