2023 Presidency: Osinbajo, APC Chairman, 5 Govs Meet In Aso Rock

The Nigeria Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is presently meeting with Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC, and five governors of the party in Abuja.

The meeting was taking place at Vice president residence in the presidential villa, Abuja Nigeria.

You we Recall that the APC has slated to hold its Convention to elect the party’s flagbearer between 6th to 8th June in Eagle Square Abuja.

President Buhari before he traveled on sanctioned visit to Madrid, Spain had met with the 22 governors of the APC, where he emphasized on the need for them to support him in the choice of the party’s seeker.

The mindset of the party and the President has been to have a agreement candidate in order to reduce acrimony that may arise in the process of taking the APC presidential seeker but a section of the party and its campaigners have opposed the agreement option.

Osinbajo’s meeting with Adamu and the governors is coming after the conclusion of the party’s screening exercise for Presidential applicants by the John Oyegun- led commission.

The vice president is meeting the APC chairman and the governors ahead of the party’s convention to elect its presidential flagbearer for the 2023 choices.

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The individualities of the governors was unknown as at the time of filing this report.

The Independent National Electoral Commission( INEC) had shifted the date for submission of list of campaigners by political parties

With the ruling party delaying its presidential primary election before listed for May 29- 30 to June 6- 8.

Some APC stakeholders have been pushing for a agreement candidate that will face Atiku Abubakar, the flagbearer of the Official Peoples Democratic Party( PDP), in the presidential election but a section of the party and some applicants have opposed the move