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A former governor of Nasarawa State Abdullahi Adamu is emerging as the consensus candidate for the chairmanship position of the All Progressives Party (APC), as all the remaining six aspirants contesting the position have been pressured to withdraw from the race, TNG has learnt.
The other six aspirants for the position of national chairman are ex-Nasarawa governor Tanko Al-Makura, ex-Benue governor George Akume, ex-Zamfara governor Abdul’aziz Yari, Kwara politician Saliu Mustapha, Nasarawa senator Sani Musa, and Muhammed Etsu.
Several meetings were held till the early hours of Saturday, ahead of the party’s National Convention holding at the Eagle’s Square in Abuja and although an official announcement is yet to be made, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Garba Shehu has confirmed this position.
Sources says it took the intervention of the Governor of Kaduna State Nasir El-Rufai and his Lagos and Ekiti counterparts, Babajide Sanwoolu and Kayode Fayemi, to persuade the six other aspirants to withdraw from the race.
“The pressure was too much, you know what it means when the president has taken a stand,” one of the sources said.
It was gathered that each of the aspirants who had earlier paid N20 million for the expression of interest and nomination forms, were asked to put their withdrawal in writing.