Another chairmanship aspirant steps down—for Buhari

Alhaji Sani Shinkafi, one of the National chairmanship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has withdrawn from the race.

Shinkafi gave this indication at a Press Conference on Monday evening in Gusau, Zamfara.

He said that his decision was taken to respect party supremacy as the post of National Chairman had been zoned to the North Central geopolitical zone.

He said: ”Zamfara is not among the states in the North Central, therefore, I cannot  proceed with the contest, considering the fact that the party is supreme.

“I know what is called party supremacy, I know what is called party leadership and also know what we call respect for the stakeholders.

”And since the party has taken a decision, I have no objection to their decision.”

Shinkafi also said that he withdrew from the race as a mark of respect for the President.

He, however, appealed to the stakeholders in the contest to ”align themselves with the party’s decision to stand strong and united ahead of the 2023 general elections”.

Shinkafi applauded all APC Governors, Ministers, the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives for their support.

He thanked his coordinators across all the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, for their efforts in supporting his erstwhile candidature.