The Director-General of the Yemi Osinbajo Campaign Organisation, Senator Kabiru Gaya said three aspirants have stepped down for the vice president.
He also alleged that the list of Presidential aspirants in the All Progressives Congress has been trimmed to just two – Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and former Governor Bola Tinubu of Lagos State.
Although he didn’t mention the three aspirants but claimed that former Senate President Ken Nnamani who stepped down on Monday did so in honour of Osinbajo.
DAILY GIST reported that the northern governors submitted five names to Buhari as their preferred aspirants ahead of the party’s primary.
The aspirants, whose name were submitted, are as Bola Tinubu; Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; ex-Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi; governors Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti) and Dave Umahi (Ebonyi).
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