Ahmad Lawan, president of the Senate and presidential candidate for the All Progressives Congress, has stated that he remains in the race.
Mr. Iyke Ekeoma, the spokesman for Ahmad Lawan’s presidential campaign, issued a statement on Sunday in which Lawan categorically ruled out running for a second term in the Yobe East Senatorial district.
He refuted rumours that he would withdraw from the presidential race to run for another term in the senate and urged his supporters not to be afraid as he works tirelessly to become the APC nominee.
Lawan described as malicious the reports that he has withdrawn from the race, noting that those who fabricated the report feared his political popularity, regional acceptance, and political dominance; thus, they fabricated the false report to sow confusion.
He said, “Nigerians should ignore the sponsored lies by some aspirants to distract the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, from his quest to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in the next presidential election.
“Contrary to their unnecessary fabrications against the nationally accepted Presidential ambition of Senator Lawan, we restate for the pleasure of progressive Nigerians that the falsehood trending currently in Social Media that Senator Lawan has dropped his ambition to run for another term in Yobe East Senatorial zone is false.
“It is understandable that Lawan’s entrance into the presidential race to compete against 25 other aspirants has become the major discussion as his entrance has changed the political dynamics of the nation.
“The withdrawal reports are mere handiwork of politicians who are intimidated by the experience of the Senate President and his massive gains in the last few days.
“The ambition to become the president of Nigeria after President Muhammadu Buhari is alive and Nigerians should be rest assured that he is in the race to win and not just to answer aspirant”.