Former Governor of Nasarawa State and serving senator, Abdullahi Adamu, is to be crowned, any moment from now, the National Chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC).

Adamu is going to be the fourth former governor to be made national chairman of the ruling party.

His emergence which is due to be formalised followed the withdrawal from the race of six other chairmanship aspirants after high-level negotiation spearheaded by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The President has preached consensus candidacy and made stakeholders, especially the governors, to agree on the idea.

But the chairmanship aspirants were adamant till Friday, insisting that they would test their popularity at the Saturday, March 26 National Convention holding at Eagle Square, Abuja.

National Chair: APC govs back Buhari on consensus candidate

Other aspirants are former Governor of Nasarawa State, Senator Tanko Al-Makura; ex-Benue Governor and Minister, Senator George Akume; ex-Zamfara governor, Abdul’aziz Yari; Saliu Mustapha; Senator Sani Musa (Niger), and Muhammed Etsu.

But Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Akume, in a letter to the Chairman of the APC Election Sub-Committee dated March 25, conveyed the withdrawal of all the chairmanship aspirants from the race.

Akume said all the aspirants have endorsed Adamu as a consensus candidate.

Adamu would take over from Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe who has been the caretaker chairman.

Former Governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande, is the pioneer Interim National Chairman of APC. He was succeeded by Chief John Odigie-Oyegun. The former governor of Edo State was succeeded by another governor of the state, Adams Oshiomhole. His tenure was cut short amidst internal crisis.

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