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Breaking: APC Screening Committee Disqualifies 10 Presidential Aspirants

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) Screening Committee has disqualified 10 out of the 23 presidential aspirants screened by it.

The Chairman of the screening committee, John Odigie-Oyegun, made this known today.

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

However when asked by journalists about the identity of the disqualified aspirants, Oyegun declined to disclose the names.

The committee held the screening exercise between Monday and Tuesday this week.

Cleared aspirants are expected to contest the presidential primary at a scheduled special convention in Abuja between June 6 and 8.

Details later….

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