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APC Youth Leader Aspirant, Olusegun Steps Down In Tears

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Mar 27, 2022.

APC Youth leader aspirant, Olusegun Dada, broke down in tears as he withdrew from the race at the party convention that was held at the Eagles Square, Abuja last night.
Dada who is a staunch member of the party and is very vocal about the activities of the party on Twitter, wept as he stood on the stage to announce his withdrawal.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that an aspirant for the office of national youth leader of the All Progressives Congress, Dada Olusegun, has withdrawn from the race.

Olusegun who announced his withdrawal in the early hours of Sunday at the party’s 2022 National Convention held at Eagle Square, Abuja, fought back tears as he announced his withdrawal.

He is one of several aspirants who backed out of various party positions with respect to the consensus arrangement of the party as captured in the unity list released late Saturday.

Olusegun withdrew in favour of the consensus candidate 36-year-old Abdullahi Israel from the Lagos state chapter.

Meanwhile, the daughter of winner of the June 12 presidential elections, Moshood Abiola, Rinsola Abiola, has withdrawn from the national youth leader race.
In a related development, former youth representative in the Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Ismaeel Ahmed, has withdrawn from the race for the office of National Organising Secretary in favour of the consensus candidate, Suleiman Argungu (Kebbi State).

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