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Tension in Tinubu camp as John Oyegun says only ‘youthful aspirants’ cleared for APC convention

Sodiq Oyeleke

The All Progressives Congress Screening Committee has disqualified 10 presidential aspirants of the party.

The PUNCH had reported that 23 aspirants were screened in two days by the committee.

The Chairman of the APC presidential screening committee, John Odigie-Oyegun, made this known on Friday.

Odigie-Oyegun spoke while submitting his committee’s report to the APC National Chairman, Abduallahi Adamu, in Abuja.

Apart from Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, other APC presidential aspirants screened by the are Senate President Ahmad Lawan and former ministers Rotimi Amaechi, Ogbonnaya Onu, Godswill Akpabio, and Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba.

Serving governors who were also screened are Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Yahaya Bello (Kogi), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi), Ben Ayade (Cross River) and Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa).

Others are former Senate President Ken Nnamani, former House of Representatives Speaker, Dimeji Bankole, and serving senators Ibikunle Amosun, Ajayi Boroffice, and Rochas Okorocha.

President Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate in 2011, Pastor Tunde Bakare, Uju Ken-Ohanenye, Nicholas Felix, Ahmad Rufai Sani, Tein Jack-Rich, Ikeobasi Mokelu were also screened.


According to Oyegun, only 13 out of the 23 aspirants screened were cleared by the committee.

He hinted that youthful aspirants made the list of cleared aspirants without revealing names.

The PUNCH had reported that the committee held the screening exercise on Monday and Tuesday in Abuja.

According to an earlier released schedule by the party, the cleared aspirants are expected to contest the APC presidential primary at a special convention in Abuja between June 6 and June 8.

Punch

Peoples Gazette had reported that Mr Oyegun might bar Mr Tinubu because of their bitter political fallout in 2018, when both politicians disparaged each other in vilest .

Tension on Friday enveloped the camp of Bola Tinubu after John Oyegun announced that his screening committee had screened out 10 aspirants for only those considered youthful.

Mr Oyegun said 13 out of 23 aspirants seeking the ruling party’s ticket for the 2023 presidential election were cleared to run at the convention on June 6.

Mr Oyegun made the announcement on Friday in Abuja, capping a long week of aspirants’ screening. Peoples Gazette had reported on Monday that Mr Oyegun might disqualify Mr Tinubu because of their bitter political fallout in 2018, which saw both politicians publicly disparage each other in vilest .

The development has sent Mr Tinubu’s camp into a state of anger, our reporters gathered on Friday afternoon, with some of its threatening to abandon the ruling party.

The former Lagos governor had warned of harsh consequences if he doesn’t clinch the ticket.

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Oyegun will be on the good side of history if he truly disqualified old and entitled men that has destroyed our country. This is good for our democracy

You have to respect North when it comes to politics, they just killed APC for Atiku another Fulani man

The former Lagos governor had warned of harsh consequences if he doesn’t clinch the ticket.

Tinubu will be taken out and nothing will be happen. Highest tinubu and his I stand on tinubu gang will do is lament on social media, SDP or resurrect ACN. Nothing else.

I said that he will never smell Aso Rock. Never!

Mooh247:
You have to respect North when it comes to politics, they just killed APC for Atiku another Fulani man

Used Oyegun, another southerner to do the deal.

Northerners are indeed good politics game players

ok

Mooh247:
You have to respect North when it comes to politics, they just killed APC for Atiku another Fulani man

Shey you don humble now know say them be una daddy.
Them never show Tinubu say him be mumu?

On Tinubu's manhood I stand gidigba.

If APC denies him ticket, we will carry our structure and move to APUGA

DamianX:


Shey you don humble now know say them be una daddy.
Them never show Tinubu say him be mumu?

No run your shadow list never comot, make you no go shock your self

But is Atiku a youth?

Just imagine Tinubu Crying......that face with the cap on...
Our next trending meme,crying Tinubu

Tinubu does not need them, after all he made Buhari president and can also make himself..

Please I am being poetic in this statement, read again and understand

But these is insulting na.

Tinubu in the mud.

Tinubu with him wrinkled leaky yansh go dey shake now...to even hold cup to drink water would be difficult for him now....!!!

Mooh247:
You have to respect North when it comes to politics, they just killed APC for Atiku another Fulani man

Let us bury our hatchet and Peter Obi. Let's show the north that we are not their slaves.

Tinubu is a youth o

DamianX:


Shey you don humble now know say them be una daddy.
Them never show Tinubu say him be mumu?

Corporate2020 don deactivate.

Why would there be tension in Tinubu’s camp?

Is Tinubu no longer a CITY BOY?

Tinubu is a baby boy for life, so no need to panic.

Even though our City Boy pressed the panic Button yesterday in Ogun State.

ChoCho54:
Let us bury our hatchet and Peter Obi. Let's show the north that we are not their slaves.

But the race isn't over so watch out

Mooh247:


But the race isn't over so watch out

C'mon mahn! What else are you waiting for?

Igi ganganran magumi loju...

ChoCho54:
C'mon mahn! What else are you waiting for?

Igi ganganran magumi loju...

Let the announcement be made officially and we react accordingly till then all Na politics

lol, him never see tension, someone should tell tinubu to save his tears for next week, by that time geepee tank would be made available to collect them.

Mooh247:
You have to respect North when it comes to politics, they just killed APC for Atiku another Fulani man

Giving up already?

What happened to Tinubu is not going to step down for anybody?

What happened to there will be no consensus in APC?

Why is spirit dampened, egbon mi?

Regardless, on Tinubu’s scrotal sac I stand and I no go comot leg no matter how anybody pushes me

Carry Me dey go, Jehovah carry dey go dey go

I don't believe this story. It's just to assuage the youths

Aptly said.

But could that be called political sagacity or deceit

Mooh247:
You have to respect North when it comes to politics, they just killed APC for Atiku another Fulani man

OkoroBufo:

There's nothing sagacity about treachery. It rather proves you a man of dishonor, lacking integrity.

-Okoro bufo

We're on same page.
It's deceit, nothing sagacious about it

Amotolongbo:
Used Oyegun, another southerner to do the deal.

Northerners are indeed good politics game players

When Northerners betrayed, you'd call them good game players but when Southerners do, you'd open your mouth to call them betrayers. You clowns possess a very crude thinking faculty.



-Okoro bufo

Mooh247:


Let the announcement be made officially and we react accordingly till then all Na politics

hmmm