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General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar

Aspirants for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress have been intensifying their moves to win delegates support during the partys primary, Saturday PUNCH has learnt.

A former Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar have gone head to head in the battle to sway delegates should the partys consensus option of choosing its presidential candidate fails.

Saturday PUNCH gathered that Buhari camp had been seriously reaching out to APC chieftains across the country to ensure the former Head of State was picked as a consensus candidate, while Atiku had been holding series of consultative meetings with stakeholders such as governors, party leaders at state and local government levels.

Atiku had on Tuesday held a closed door meeting with the APC Senate caucus in his Abuja residence.

Although details of the meeting were not made public, Saturday PUNCH gathered that the former vice- president intimated his guests about his desire to fly the party flag.

It was gathered that the APC is not leaving anything to chance.

A section of the APC is working on the assumption that President Goodluck Jonathan has firm grip of the South-South and the South-East and its candidate should be able to hold the North-West and the North-East. Buharis strategists are confident that their principal has effective grip of these two regions taking into account his performance during the 2011 elections.

The Buhari camp is very confident of block votes from sections of the country where the party enjoys a large following.

By their calculations in the North -West, delegates from Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara will vote for their candidate, in the North-East, delegates from Borno and Yobe and parts of Bauchi states and Gombe State will also cast their lot with the retired general.

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APC ticket: Buhari, Atiku seek delegates support