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APC Presidential Primaries: I Will Accept Consensus Candidacy Only On The Ground I’m The One Favoured.
By Ebor Cletus Ralph Jr.
TV Presenter/ Content Writer
TrendyNews learnt that, a popular residential aspirant of Nigeria’s ruling party. APC, reportedly told the party’s screening committee that he would only accept the option of a consensus candidate if he is the one favored by the exercise.
Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the chairperson of the screening committee, disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja Friday.
According to the former governor of Edo state, all the other 22 presidential aspirants reportedly agreed to the consensus candidacy option on the that there was ‘proper consultation.’
These are his words: “We engaged every aspirant on the issue of consensus and it was a pleasant surprise that 99 per cent agreed that the party is supreme and whatever the party finally decides, with proper consultation, they were likely to accept.
“There is only one person that said I will accept consensus as long as it is based on me.
“So, I think it is a point I need to emphasize on it. That gives you a way in the hours ahead to trim down even more drastically. But finally, we think we should not be afraid of the contested primary if anybody insists on the contest,” the committee chairman said.
Mr Odigie-Oyegun did not mention the aspirant who took the stance.
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