DAILY RENDEZVOUS

Daily Rendezvous President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday afternoon cleared all doubts about where he stands on the choice of a presidential candidate for the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, declaring before the party’s 14 governors of northern states that he has “no preferred candidate," and has "anointed no one,” and is determined to ensure that “there shall be no imposition of any candidate on the party.” Speaking at a meeting with the Governors at the State House, Abuja, President Buhari said the party is important and its members must be respected, and made to feel they are important. The President said he had a clear mind about what he was doing and asked the APC governors to feel the same way: “You were elected as I was. Have a clear mind as I have. God gave us the chance; we have no reason to complain. We must be ready to take pain as we take the joy. Allow the delegates to decide. The Party must participate, nobody will appoint anybody.” Earlier in th...

Daily Rendezvous The Presidency has squashed reports being widely circulated that Gimba Yau Kumo, a wanted person by the  Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over an alleged $65 million fraud is a son-in-law of President Muhammadu Buhari. A statement by Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the president, Garba Shehu, said the anti-corruption agency is going after an individual perceived to be an in-law of the President should serve as a testament that the Buhari led  government is true to it's fight against graft and  that agencies charged with the responsibility of fighting corruption are truly independent and allowed unfettered freedom by the President. The statement read thus: “A running story to the effect that the EFCC has declared "an in-law of the President" wanted in connection with fraud involving the large sum of money , USD65 million to be exact. "This should normaly be an affirmation  that o...