Six aspirants contesting for the position of National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have withdrawn from the race.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the six chairmanship aspirants are Sen. Tanko Al-Makura, Sen. George Akume, Abdulaziz Yari, Sen. Sani Musa Muhammed, Comm. Etsu Muhammed and Turaki Salifu Mustapha.
Their withdrawal was contained in a letter Akume addressed to the Chairman of the APC Election Sub-Committee.
According to Akume, withdrawal of the aspirants was prompted by the appeal of President Muhammadu Buhari for aspirants to agree to a consensus arrangement.
The letter reads: “May I kindly refer to the appeal by Mr. President for the Chairmanship aspirants of our great party to agree to a consensus arrangement wherein our colleague H.E. Sen. Abdullahi Adamu is made our consensus candidate for the chairmanship position and forward letters of withdrawal from the under listed aspirants to wit:
“H.E. Sen. Tanko Al-Makura, H.E. Sen. George Akume, H.E. Abdulaziz Yari, Sen. Sani Musa Muhammed, Comm. Etsu Muhammed, Turaki Salifu Mustapha”.