The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Thursday, expressed optimism that most of the candidates for the National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday will emerge by consensus.
Lawan said the party was already reaching consensus in the selection of candidates across the states and zones ahead of the convention.
The Senate President spoke to journalists after a meeting of the APC Senate Caucus and the party’s Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee at the APC national Secretariat in Abuja.
“The next two days are so important to us that we must get everything spot on so that we don’t allow anyone to cause any problem.
Thank God we are reaching consensus all over the states and zones and by the time we go into the convention ground, I’m sure there will be very few elective offices that will have to be voted for. Most would have been achieved through consensus,” Lawan said.
The Senate President said the APC Senate Caucus was on solidarity visit to the leadership of the committee which he praised for performing so well.
Lawan said: “We have come to show solidarity to our party and the leadership of the Caretaker and Convention Planning Committee.
They have done so well. We are two days away from the national convention. The Senate APC caucus has always been very supportive of the party.
“This Caretaker Committee that has been running our party, in our judgement, has done so well and deserves our continuous and unreserved support, commitment, dedication and loyalty.