Breaking News: PMB announces intention to run in 2019

President Mohamadu Buhari has today 9^th April, 2018 announced to the NEC meeting in Abuja that he is going to contest for a 2^nd term in the 2019 elections.

Buhari made the announcement today before the members of national Executive to probably douse the tension that some key persons in the party are interested in his position.

Buhari’s declaration of interest did not come as a surprise to many party members seeing that he is the most celebrated party person whose personal reputation the party is counting on to be able to win elections come 2019.

Earlier the Governor of Kano State had threatened to drag the president to court if he did not declare to contest in the forth coming elections.

President Buhari defeated an incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan in a keenly contested election in 2015.

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