The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress [APC] Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has announced Senate President Ahmed Lawan as the consensus presidential candidate of the Party.
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Adamu made the announcement at the meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC)Â in Abuja today June 6.
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Other aspirants including Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Dr. Kayode Fayemi and David Umahi, among others, will however be allowed to contest the primary at the convention holding tomorrow at the Eagle Square, Abuja.
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The NWC members insisted other aspirants must be given a level playing ground to compete.
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Adamu’s adoption of Lawan as consensus candidate is against the position of 11 APC northern Governors, who endorsed that power must shift to the South after President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure.
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Adamu told the National Working Committee that he arrived at the choice of Lawan after consultation with President Buhari.
APC National Chairman Announces Senate Presiden Lawan As Party’s Consensus Candidate