Niger-State Election Townhall

: APC screening committee clears 13 youthful aspirants, disqualifies 10 others

The All Progressives Congress’ presidential committee has disqualified 10 aspirants from its primaries scheduled for next week.

Chairman of the Committee, John Oyegun, revealed this on Friday.
According to Mr Oyegun, only 13 out of the 23 aspirants screened were cleared by the committee.

He added that only youthful aspirants made the list of cleared aspirants.

However when asked about the identity of the disqualified aspirants, Mr Oyegun declined to disclose the names.

The committee held the screening exercise between Monday and Tuesday this week.

Cleared aspirants are expected to contest the presidential primary at a scheduled special convention in Abuja between June 6 and 8.

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: Sen. Sani Musa bows out of Chairmanship race, backs Adamu

Top contender for National Chairmanship seat of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Mohammed Sani Musa has withdrawn from the race, his spokesman, Nasir Mohammed, has confirmed.

Sani Musa, representing Niger East Senatorial District at the Senate announced this decision after Friday’s aspirants’ meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, the leader of the party, 24 hours before today’s convention in Abuja.

He pledged to back Senator Abdullahi Adamu as consensus candidate for the seat in the ongoing convention.

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