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APC makes U-turn, clears 23 presidential aspirants

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) denied disqualifying 10 presidential aspirants ahead of the party’s presidential primaries.

The Star recalls that the chairman of the APC presidential screening committee, John Odigie-Oyegun, on Friday, announced the disqualification of 10 aspirants from party’s primaries slated for June 6 to 8, 2022.

Odigie-Oyegun said only 13 out of the 23 aspirants screened were cleared by the committee.

The screening committee chairman, who failed to disclose the names of the disqualified presidential hopefuls, said only youthful aspirants made the list of cleared aspirants.

However, the APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, while speaking to newsmen at the party’s secretariat in Abuja on Saturday, said the 13 aspirants listed as the successful presidential hopefuls were only recommended as first-class materials.

Adamu said: “I want to say very clearly that no aspirant has been disqualified. It’s like sitting in an exam. Even if you pass there is grading from first-class to ordinary pass.

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“So, no aspirant was disqualified. Incidentally, the president has invited all of them to a dinner today.”

The presidential aspirants screened by the APC screening committee included Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; the party’s national leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu; Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio; Governors Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Yahaya Bello (Kogi), David Umahi (Ebonyi), and Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa State).

Others were former Governors Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Sani Yerima (Zamfara), Rochas Okorocha (Imo); and the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi.

Others included former Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba; Pastor Felix Nicholas, the only female presidential aspirant, Mrs Uju Ken-Ohanenye; Pastor Tunde Bakare; Sen. Ajayi Boroffice; former Senate President, Ken Nnamani;  former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole; oil magnate, Tein Jack; and a few others.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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