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List Of 5 Presidential Aspirants APC Governors Submitted To Buhari For Primaries.

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List Of 5 Presidential Aspirants APC Governors Submitted To Buhari For Primaries.

By Naomisophyblog

President Muhammadu Buhari and APC governors who paid him Eid visit. IG photo/Buhari Sallahu

All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors  have submitted the names of five presidential aspirants to President Muhammadu Buhari to select a consensus candidate from.
According to Daily Trust, the governors submitted the names in the early hours of Tuesday and the president is expected to pick from the list.

The names, according to the newspaper, included that of the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti State), Rotimi Amaechi, former Minister of Transportation, and Governor Dave Umahi (Ebonyi State).

The governors had after meeting with the President said they will return to the villa after meeting with the party’s National Working Committee(NWC) and other stakeholders.

“They picked one from South-East, one from South-South and three from South-West geopolitical zones in line with their position that power should shift to the South,” the newspaper said.

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