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BREAKING: Buhari Orders APC Govs To Reduce Number Of Presidential Aspirants To 3

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Jun 7, 2022.

Benard Joseph

Buhari Orders APC Govs To Reduce Number Of Presidential Aspirants To 3.
The President Buhari is expected to choose a consensus candidate from the list of names submitted to him.

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed governors elected under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to reduce the number of presidential aspirants to three.

The President Buhari is expected to choose a consensus candidate from the list of names submitted to him.

This news platform had earlier reported that the APC governors had previously submitted to the President the names of five presidential candidates ahead of the party’s presidential primary scheduled for today (Tuesday).

The Progressive Governors Forum reportedly submitted the five names to the President in the early hours of Tuesday.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, and Rotimi Amaechi, former Minister of Transportation, are among the names on the list.

According to APC stalwart Imran Muhammad, the President instructed the governors to reduce the number of aspirants from five to two or three.

APC governors, yesterday, reduced the number of aspirants to five and submitted to Buhari:
Tinubu
Osinbajo
Ameachi
Fayemi
Umahi
Buhari, after meeting with governors
Last night, directed the governors to further reduce the names to two or three,so it would be a straight fight pic.twitter.com/rOKF5R85MX

— Imran Muhammad (@Imranmuhdz) June 7, 2022

The President’s reason for the reduction, Muhammad said in a tweet on Tuesday morning, was that the contest would be a straight fight between three candidates.

The APC governors are scheduled to meet again this morning to wrap up their consultations, reduce the names to three, and issue a statement to that effect, according to the APC member.

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The ruling party hopes to choose a presidential candidate who can compete with Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, and others.

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