The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Maj. General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) and his campaign train will storm Akwa Ibom State on Tuesday.

Already, leaders of the Yoruba community in the state, members of University of Lagos Alumni Association, Nigerian Bar Association and members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God as well as members of the Hausa community, retired military men, youths and women leaders have met over the visit.

During the visit, Buhari will hold his presidential rally at the Uyo Township Stadium, and present the party’s flag to the governorship standard-bearer of the party in the state, Obong Umana Okon Umana.

The state Chairman of the APC, Dr. Amadu Attai and the Secretary, Efiong Etok, confirmed this in a statement jointly issued in Uyo and hinted that the presidential rally of the party would be attended by APC elders, chieftains and supporters across the country.

The Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, who doubles as the Director General of the Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation and the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie Oyegun, are among top party elders expected at the rally.

Meanwhile, Buhari/Osinbajo solidarity group has identified with the call and aspiration of Nigerians for a positive change in the political leadership of the country as well as that of Akwa Ibom State.

Rising from a meeting held in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, weekend, the group called for synergy to enhance the enthronement of a people-oriented government comes May 29, 2015. The convener of the meeting, Mr. Joe Ukpong, said the essence of the meeting was to brainstorm on how to mobilise massive support for the presidential candidate of the APC, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd) and his running mate Prof. Yomi Osinbajo, SAN.

Ukpong who is a former Commissioner in Akwa Ibom State, said the combination of Buhari, an experienced Army General and former Head of State for President and Prof. Osinbajo, a renowned Senior Advocate of Nigeria as Vice President, was a perfect pair.

Also as a former federal board member, Ukpong argued that with the duo at the helm of affairs in the country, their victory in 2015 would bring positive change to Nigeria.

“In 2015, we are going to have two competent professionals steering the affairs of the country. While one is an accomplished Army General with experience as a former Head of State, the other is a renowned Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).

“So it is a perfect pair. I want to call on all Nigerians to give the APC, the necessary support in order to bring positive change to Nigeria.”

Ukpong, a one-time senatorial candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), also stressed the need for support in the actualization of the gubernatorial ambition of the APC in the state, saying that a vote for Umana as governor of the state is a vote for progress and development.