All but one APC presidential aspirant agreed to consensus candidate – Oyegun

Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress’ presidential screening committee, said on Friday that all but one of the 23 aspirants screened by his committee for the party’s presidential ticket agreed to support a consensus candidate.

Oyegun made the remark while presenting the committee’s report to the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu.

“We engaged every aspirant on the issue of consensus,” he told Adamu. “It is a pleasant surprise that 99 percent agreed that the party is supreme. And that whatever the party decides – with proper consultation – they will likely accept.

“Only one exception, who said I will accept consensus only if it is for me. I think it is a point that needs to be made and emphasised.

“So that gives you a lot of leeway in the hours ahead to trim down even more drastically.

“But finally, we think we should not be afraid of a contested primary if anybody insists on a contest.”

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Oyegun, a former National Chairman of APC had announced that its committee disqualified 10 out of the 23 aspirants screened for the party’s ticket.

According to him, only 13 out of the 23 aspirants screened were cleared by the committee.

The committee held the screening exercise between Monday and Tuesday this week.

Cleared aspirants are expected to contest the presidential primary at a scheduled special convention in Abuja between June 6 and 8.