Tinubu, Ameachi, Osinbajo
By Our Reporter
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, former Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi Pastor Tunde Bakare, Gov Ben Ayade, Senator Ahmed Lawan, Gov Yahaya Bello, Gov David Umahi, Rochas Okorocha and other presidential aspirants are currently seeking the votes of 2340 delegates at the special convention of the APC which is currently taking place at the Eagle Square , Abuja.
In the lead-up to the exercise, 28 presidential hopefuls had picked the nomination and expression of interest forms, but five of them later pulled out.
Twenty-three aspirants later appeared before the APC presidential screening committee led by the party’s former chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun.
The run-up to the special convention, which is billed to run till Wednesday, had been marred by intrigues over the zoning of the presidential ticket and consensus candidacy.
While a consensus candidate was said to have emerged on Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari on his part said the delegates should be allowed to decide the party’s presidential flagbearer.
The northern APC governors also canvassed for the party’s candidate to come from the southern part of the country.
