APC Convention: Six chairmanship aspirants step down for Buhari’s candidate

Six chairmanship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have withdrawn from the race and adopted their co-aspirant, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, as the consensus candidate.

Adamu is President Muhammadu Buhari’s preferred candidate.

The aspirants made their decision known in a letter dated March 25, 2022, RELIABLESOURCENG.COM reports.

The letter was addressed to the Chairman, APC Election Sub-Committee and signed by one of the aspirants, Senator George Akume.

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It reads: “May I kindly refer to the appeal by Mr. President for the Chairmanship aspirants of our great party to agree to a consensus arrangement wherein our colleague H.E. Sen. Abdullahi Adamu is made our consensus candidate for the chairmanship position and forward letters of withdrawal from the under listed aspirants to wit: H.E. Sen. Tanko Al-Makura, H.E. Sen. George Akume, H.E. Abdulaziz Yari, Sen. Sani Musa Muhammed, Com. Etsu Muhammed and Turaki Saliu Mustapha.” Meanwhile, about 7,584 delegates are expected to take part in voting at the convention today, according to a tweet by the APC national secretariat.