Some All Progressive Congress APC) Governors have submitted the names of five presidential aspirants to President Muhammadu Buhari with the view of selecting a consensus candidate at the national convention in Abuja.
It was reported that the governors submitted the names in the early hours of Tuesday.
The five aspirants are: The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti State), Rotimi Amaechi, former Minister of Transportation, and Governor Dave Umahi (Ebonyi State).
It was reported that with their insistence that power must shift to the south, they picked one from South-East, one from South-South and three from South-West.
It was however not confirmed if the the president is expected to pick the consensus candidate from the list.
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