Buhari Says APC Convention Will Surprise Critics

President Muhammadu Buhari has dismissed claims that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will be unable to hold its national convention on March 26 because the party will surprise its critics.

On Sunday, as he answered questions from State House correspondents shortly before departing the Presidential Wing of Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport for London, the president stated this.

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According to the Nigerian News Agency (NAN), the president had planned to fly to London from Nairobi, Kenya, after attending the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 50th anniversary celebrations there on Friday.

“Well, they (critics) should wait and see,” the president said. How did we, as a party, come to take power from the ruling party, which had been in power for so long before us?

“So, we’ve got the capacity; everything’ll be fine.”

On his trip to London, Buhari stated that his absence from the country would have no impact on government operations because the vice-president, who would be assisted by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and his Chief of Staff, would be in charge.

“Well, I can’t say I’m doing everything by myself.” The government is fully represented – the vice president is present, and he is in charge constitutionally while I’m away; the secretary of the government is also present, as is the chief of staff. So there’s no problem,” he explained.

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Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman, said in a statement on March 1 that the president’s trip to London for routine medical checks would “last for a maximum of two weeks.”