Breaking: APC Chairman, Adamu, Announces Lawan as Consensus Candidate at NWC Meeting

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Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has announced Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, as APC consensus presidential candidate.

NewsmakersNG learnt that Adamu announced this at the meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC) today, in Abuja.

Adamu told the NWC that he arrived at the choice of Lawan after consultation with President Muhammadu Buhari.

The decision, it was further learnt, will not exclude other aspirants including, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senator Bola Tinubu, Dr. Kayode Fayemi and David Umahi, among others from contesting the primary at the convention holding tomorrow at the Eagle Square, Abuja.

Lawan’s adoption as consensus candidate, however, runs contrary to the position of 11 APC nothern governors who endorsed that power must shift to the South in 2023.

Following the development, APC Northern Governors have converged on the presidential villa in Abuja for a meeting with Buhari.

The governors in attendance are Chairman of Progressive Governors Forum and governor of Kebbi state, Atiku Bagudu; chairman of Northern governors Forum and governor of Plateau State; Simeon Lalong, Abubakar Baduru (Jigawa) and Babagana Zulum (Borno).

Others are Aminu Bello Masari (Katsina), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), Bello Matawale (Zamfara), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai (Kaduna), Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Yahaya Inuwa (Gombe), Abubakar Bello (Niger), and the Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni.

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