Ahead of Saturday’s national convention of the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC), screening of chairmanship aspirants and other
national officers began on Tuesday.
However, findings on Wednesday revealed that the former
Governor of Nasarawa State and the National Chairmanship aspirant, Senator
Abdullahi Adamu, missed the screening.
With the development, he may have been technically
disqualified from participating in Saturday’s contest, given that the earlier
statement by the party asserted that all aspiring Chairmen should make
themselves available for screening on Tuesday.
The Secretary of the APC National Convention Screening
Committee, Emmanuel Otagburuagu, had in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said
the aspirants would be screened in two batches at the Katsina State Governor’s
Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja.
The National Convention Screening Sub-Committee clearly
invited all Chairmanship aspirants who have purchased nomination forms.
It read: “Gov. Aminu Masari, Chairman, Dimeji Bankole,
Co-Chairman of the APC 2022 National Convention Screening Committee, hereby
invite all the aspirants to the screening exercise.
“The schedule for the screening is as follows:
“1. Tuesday, March 22, 2022: Screening of National Chairman
and other National Working Committee (NWC) aspirants, while time will be
communicated to aspirants later.
“Venue: Katsina State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja.
“2. Wednesday, March, 23, 2022: Screening of aspirants into
the Zonal offices. Time: 10a.m
“Venue: Katsina State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja.
“The new national executives are expected to be elected at
the APC National Convention on Saturday, March 26 to manage its affairs, which
is presently being managed by the Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention
Planning Committee (CECPC).”
Among the national chairmanship aspirants to be screened by
the committee are two former Nasarawa State governors and serving senators
Tanko Al-Makura and Abdullahi Adamu.
Also to be screened are a former governor of Benue State and
Minister of Special Duties, George Akume; Niger East senator, Mohammed Sani
Musa; a former Deputy National Chairman of the defunct Congress for Progressive
Change (CPC), Saliu Mustapha and 37-year-old Mohammed Etsu.
Every other aspirants were at the venue for screening except
Senator Abdullahi Adamu.
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