By Mandy Park
All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirants will be screened tomorrow, Tuesday at the Conference Hall of Transcorp, Abuja by a panel of seven members.
The members were drawn one each from the six zones plus National Working Committee (NWC) Chairman Abdullahi Adamu.
The NWC set up the Presidential Screening Committee (PSC) to examine the records, documents, background, and suitability of the 24 out of the 28 aspirants that submitted their nomination forms by the May 13, deadline.
Among those to be screened are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, National leader of the party and former Lagos Governor Bola Tinubu, and former Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi, former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, former governor, Ogbonnaya Onu among others.
APC National Organising Secretary Sulaiman Arugungu confirmed that the screening was shifted from Monday to Tuesday.
The 24 aspirants who submitted their nomination forms by the deadline of 13 May are:
Prof. Yemi Osibanjo – Vice President
Prof. Ben Ayade – Cross River Governor
Dave Umahi – Ebonyi Governor
Kayode Fayemi – Ekiti Governor
Yahaya Bello – Kogi Governor
Mohammed Abubakar – Jigawa Governor
Ahmed Lawal – Senate President
Ajayi Boroffice – Senator
Rochas Okorocha – former Imo Governor, now Senator
Ibikunle Amosu – former Ogun Governor, now Senator
Bola Tinubu – former Lagos Governor
Ahmed Yerima – former Zamfara Governor
Ken Nnamani – former Senate President
Dimeji Bankole – former Speaker of Representatives Speaker
Rotimi Amaechi – former Transportation Minister
Godswill Akpabio – former Niger Delta Minister
Ogbonnaya Onu – former Science and Technology Minister
Ikeobasi Mokelu – former Information Minister
Emeka Nwajiuba – former Education Minister of State
Akinwumi Adesina – AfDB President
Tunde Bakare
Nicholas Nwagbo
Tein Ric
Uju Ohnenye
