President Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President Abubakar Atiku
A socio-political group Afenifere has disclosed that it is yet to adopt a presidential aspirant for the 2019 general election.
In a statement on Tuesday by its leader, Reuben Fasoranti, the group assured Nigerians that it would announce a preferred candidate soon.
Afenifere explained that adopting aspirants could not have taken place when political parties had not put forward their candidates.
Fasoranti said: “The attention of Afenifere has been drawn to a spurious report in circulation that the group has adopted a presidential aspirant for the 2019 elections.
“We ordinarily would have ignored the report as it makes no sense to suggest that a serious group would adopt an aspirant when political parties have yet to produce candidates.
“A rebuttal is, however, being issued for the sake of the unwary who may be hoodwinked by the said report.”