Ahead of the commencement of the national convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen Abdullahi Adamu may have emerged as a consensus candidate.
The Trumpet gathered that six of the seven contenders for the position of National Chairman have withdrawn from the race.
The erstwhile aspirants succumbed to party pressure to allow Adamu to emerge as a consensus candidate. One of them, Sen. George Akume made this known in a letter he signed on behalf of the five others.
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The Minister of Special Duties, in a letter, addressed to the APC Election Sub-Committee dated yesterday 25th March 2022, said the aspirants backed down from the race to honour President Muhammadu Buhari’s plea.
“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:
“1. H.E. Sen. Tanko Al-Makura; 2. H.E. Sen. George Akume; 3. H.E. Abdulaziz Yari; 4. Sen. Sani Musa Muhammed; 5 Comm. Etsu Muhammed and 6. Turaki Salifu Mustapha,” the letter read
