The All Progressives Congress (APC) has generated curiosity with the decision to screen its presidential aspirants who withdrew from the race and those that rejected forms bought for them in Abuja this weekend.
The party announced that former President Goodluck Jonathan, Labour, and Employment Minister Chris Ngige, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele, and African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina would be screened.
They will be screened with those who submitted their forms before the close of submission.
The party’s decision to screen them left political watchers wondering when Jonathan, Emefiele, Sylva, and Ngige submitted their forms. “How and when did they submit their forms?” one of them asked.
APC National Organising Secretary Sulaiman Argungu, however, said none of the aspirants had written to formally withdraw his aspiration.
“All the forms of the 28 aspirants will be taken to the screening committee on Tuesday (today), God willing, at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja”, he added.
A condition in the forms, which requires aspirants to sign an updated withdrawal letter, is arousing curiosity.
It is believed that the condition was inserted to pave the way for a consensus candidate.
