The Senate President Ahmad Lawan has publicly denounced
media reports that he is gunning for presidency in 2023. In a statement issued
on his behalf by Ola Awoniyi, his Special Adviser, media, the Senate President said
his attention has been drawn to “a rather puerile media report that he, Ahmad
Lawan, is making plans to run for president in 2023.
"The report was first
published by the Daily Independent newspaper of Friday, 17th July, 2020 and
reproduced later by the Sahara Reporters. It is easy to see that the report
emanated from the sort of practice that drags the noble profession of
journalism to the gutters as it only dresses up the lazy fantasy of its
unimaginative authors as a fact. The report apparently has its source in beer
parlour gossips and should be treated with the contempt which it and those who
concocted it deserves.”
The statement also read that, “it is true that the
Senate President was involved in the consultations that President Muhammadu
Buhari held prior to the last emergency meeting of the National Executive
Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC). But there was nothing
extra-ordinary in his involvement in such consultations, given his status as
holder of one of the highest political offices in Nigeria and on the platform
of the APC. Such is required of any concerned member of the party. It is
therefore sheer mischief for anyone to read ulterior motives to the Senate
President joining hands with the President and other leaders in resolving
misunderstanding in their own party.”
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