In his reaction, Adamu Abdullahi, who headed the APC National Reconciliation Committee, insisted that the party has zoned the position to the North-Central.
Adamu spoke through Mr Lawrence Onuchukwu, who had led a delegation to pick his nomination and expression of interesting forms.
He said: “The party in her on has zoned the national chairman-ship to the North-Central zone and you will agree with me that more than two people have obtained forms and this is good of democracy.
“The Electoral Act signed by Mr President said it very clearly that election can be conducted either by direct, indirect or consensus. For us, at our party, we don’t have a crisis. Anywhere on this world ruling parties are always this way and that is why you are not seeing anybody decamping from APC to any other party.”
On reports that Senator Adamu may have been endorsed by President Buhari as a consensus candidate, Onuchukwu said: “If that rumour is anything to go by, it is a boost for us. Mr President, as a man of integrity, I am sure will not want to associate himself with someone who does not have the capacity to actualize the vision of this party. You are also aware that we must not pretend that the party has some challenges and you need an administrator, a politician, you need a person who can handle the party.
“I can assure you that Abdullahi Adamu who has seen it all as a former minister, two-term governor and three-term senator — what is left is for this man to come and give service to this great party and take this party to the next level.”