Screening committee disqualifies 10 APC presidential aspirants

Pic 16. President Muhammadu Buhari (l) with APC Chaieftain, Chief Bola Tinubu during a meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday (30/10/17) 05776/30/10/2017/Callistus Ewelike/NAN

The screening committee of the All Progressives Congress has disqualified 10 presidential aspirants of the party.

The John Oyegun-led Committee screened 23 aspirants were screened in two days.

Oyegun, made this known on Friday while submitting his committee’s report to the APC National Chairman, Abduallahi Adamu, in Abuja.

Punch reports that apart from Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, other APC presidential aspirants screened by the panel are Senate President Ahmad Lawan and former ministers Rotimi Amaechi, Ogbonnaya Onu, Godswill Akpabio, and Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba.

Serving governors who were also screened 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 were also screened.

He hinted that youthful aspirants made the list of cleared aspirants without revealing names.