Chairman of the All Progressives Congress’ presidential screening committee, John Oyegun, has stated that 99 percent of its presidential aspirants agreed to support a consensus candidate.
Oyegun made the remark while presenting the committee’s report to the National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Adamu.
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“We engaged every aspirant on the issue of consensus,” he told Adamu. “It is a pleasant surprise that 99 percent agreed that the party is supreme. And that whatever the party decides – with proper consultation – they will likely accept.
Only one exception, who said I will accept consensus only if it is for me. I think it is a point that needs to be made and emphasised.
“So that gives you a lot of leeway in the hours ahead to trim down even more drastically.
“But finally we think we should not be afraid of a contested primary if anybody insists on a contest.”
