The All Progressives Congress’ presidential screening committee has announced disqualification of 10 aspirants out of the 23 that participated in the party’s screening for the primaries scheduled for next week.
Former Chairman of the APC and Chairman of the Committee, John Oyegun, revealed this in Abuja on Friday without revealing the identity of the disqualifief aspirants.
Oyegun simply said that only 13 out of the 23 aspirants screened were cleared by the committee.
However when asked about the identity of the disqualified aspirants, Mr Oyegun declined to disclose the names.
Mr Oyegun added that contrary to rumours making the rounds, it didn’t screen former president Goodluck Jonathan.
The committee held the screening exercise between Monday and Tuesday this week.
Cleared aspirants are expected to contest the presidential primary at a scheduled special convention at the Eagles Square, in Abuja, between June 6 and 8.
