The immediate former president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has reacted to speculations he has left the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Buhari made the clarification in a statement on Thursday, signed by his spokesman, Garba Shehu.
It read in part: “Without referring to any individual, cast of characters, or issues, principles and ideals currently being discussed by Party leaders at various levels, former President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated what he’s said times without number, that he is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) @OfficialAPCNg, and would like to be addressed as a loyal member of the party.
“He says he wants to leave no one in doubt that he would never turn his back on the Party that gave him two terms of office, and would do whatever he can to popularise it.
“I am an APC member and I like to be addressed as such. I will try to popularise the party by all means.”
Earlier in the day, the former governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai, revealed he consulted Buhari before leaving the APC.
El-Rufai has since decamped to the Social Democratic Party, SDP.