President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said the southern region should produce the presidential standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The president made his position known at a meeting with the presidential hopefuls of the ruling party, according to initial feelers from the meeting.
At the meeting, Buhari asked the APC governors and the presidential hopefuls to brace up for elective primary election, ruling out the possibility of a consensus candidate.
Some of the aspirants present, it was gathered, announced their withdrawal from the presidential race during the meeting.
Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Abubakar Badaru has withdrawn from the race.
The next 48 hours will decide where the pendulum will swing in the race for the presidential ticket of the APC.
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