The former head of state and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is not new in the race as he has been consistently contesting for the presidency since 2003 when he ran against the then president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo under the platform of the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP).
Buhari also contested in 2007 and in 2011 against late Umaru Yar'Adua and Pres. Goodluck Jonathan in keenly contested elections.
With the merger of the leading opposition parties that gave birth to the APC, Gen Buhari camp strongly believes that if he could get 11million votes when he ran under the platform of one of the parties that merged, CPC, then winning the 2015 election is very much possible.
The party parades prominent men who are interested in the presidential primaries and some pundits are already predicting another crisis after the presidential candidate of the party might emerged.
Speaking with some journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, one of Buhari's lieutenants who does not want his name in print for tactical reasons disclosed that as soon as the on-going consultations are over, the former military leader would throw his hat into the ring.
"General Muhammadu Buhari has been making consultations with stakeholders cutting across all the divides over next year's general elections. Those he has been meeting include politicians, both within and outside the APC, religious leaders, opinion leaders, youths and market women in every state of the federation and the feelers we are getting are encouraging.
"We are rounding off with the consultations and within the next few days, General Buhari would publicly declare for the race and it is our hope that he would not only emerge the presidential candidate of APC but would eventually be elected come February 2015."
He added with confidence: "If General Buhari declares today, that is where our people would go."
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