…youthful aspirant among those cleared, says Odigie-Oyegun
The All Progressives Congress Screening Committee says it disqualified 10 out of the 23 presidential aspirants of the party.
This was disclosed on Friday by the Chairman of the screening committee, John Odigie-Oyegun, in Abuja.
Odigie-Oyegun made the disclosure while submitting his committee’s report to the Party’s National Chairman, Abduallahi Adamu, at the APC national secretariat, Abuja.
According to Odigie-Oyegun, youthful aspirants made the list of cleared aspirants.
He gave no further details. The screening of the aspirants lasted from Monday to Tuesday.
Those who presented themselves for the screening included former Lagos State Governor and National leader of the party, Bola Tinubu; Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan.
Others are Rotimi Amaechi, Ogbonnaya Onu, Godswill Akpabio, and Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, all of whom resigned their ministerial posts to contest the presidency.
Among the governors who are seeking to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari are Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Yahaya Bello (Kogi), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi), Ben Ayade (Cross River) and Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa).
Other contestants also include Senate President Ken Nnamani, former House of Representatives Speaker, Dimeji Bankole, and serving senators Ibikunle Amosun, Ajayi Boroffice, and Rochas Okorocha.
The list also includes Pastor Tunde Bakare, Uju Ken-Ohanenye, Nicholas Felix, Ahmad Rufai Sani, Tein Jack-Rich, Ikeobasi Mokelu are also aspiring.
