The spokesman for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, has said it is the prerogative of the President-elect Bola Tinubu to look beyond his party when forming his government.
There are insinuations that Tinubu, in search of competence and capability, may include non-card carrying members of the party in the next dispensation but Keyamo said even though he could not confirm the rumour, it was Tinubu’s prerogative to decide those he would appoint into his.
He stated, “I cannot confirm or deny it. When the President-elect said he would go for competence, expectedly he would search far and wide for competent people. But I cannot specifically or definitely confirm or deny that. It is the complete prerogative of the President-elect.”
On how the APC leadership might react if Tinubu eventually appoints people outside the party, Keyamo said, “As I said, these are matters of conjecture and I cannot engage in conjecture at this period. It is at the complete discretion of the President-elect. I intend to leave it that way.”
