BREAKING: APC clears 13, disqualifies 10 presidential aspirants

The All Progressives Congress’ presidential Screening Committee has cleared only 13 out of 23 aspirants.

The chairman of the committee, Chief John Oyegun, revealed this on Friday.

He said 10 aspirants have been disqualified from its primaries scheduled for next week.

The 10 aspirants that were not qualified to participate in the Monday convention are yet made public at the time of filing this report.

Those aspirants present in the screening include Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, Senate President Ahmad Lawan and former ministers Rotimi Amaechi, Ogbonnaya Onu, Godswill Akpabio, and Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba.

Serving governors who are also aspiring to be president are Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Yahaya Bello (Kogi), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi), Ben Ayade (Cross River) and Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa).

Others are former Senate President Ken Nnamani, former House of Representatives Speaker, Dimeji Bankole, and serving senators Ibikunle Amosun, Ajayi Boroffice, and Rochas Okorocha.

President Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate in 2011, Pastor Tunde Bakare, Uju Ken-Ohanenye, Nicholas Felix, Ahmad Rufai Sani, Tein Jack-Rich, Ikeobasi Mokelu are also in the presidential race.

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