One of the leading Presidential aspirants under the platform of the Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has submitted his presidential forms.
The former Lagos State governor submitted his Nomination and Expression of Interest forms on Wednesday at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.
Tinubu was represented by Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal; former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Nuhu Ribadu, amongst others.
NEWSFLASH NIGERIA gathered that 10 statutory delegates from each state and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) signed for Tinubu to complete the submission of his presidential forms.
NEWSFLASH NIGERIA had earlier reported that ten signatures of statutory delegates from each state and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are to be signed on the presidential forms of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) before aspirants submit their forms.
It was learnt that each APC aspirant was required to get the signatures of 370 statutory delegates, covering the 36 states of the federation and the FCT.
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The statutory delegates comprise the President and his deputy, serving governors and ex-governors, State Executive Council members (SEC), National Executive Committee (NEC) and National Working Committee members (NWC), as well as all former national officers of the party, among others.
NEWSFLASH NIGERIA has not confirmed maybe the former governor had signed the Form 18 ‘Letter of Withdrawal’ attached to the Presidential forms before he submitted the form.
The letter, which must be signed before a commissioner for oaths/ notary public before submission, read in part, “I hereby voluntarily withdraw my candidacy from the contest. My withdrawal is in the best interest of our great party, the All Progressives Congress.”
