The presidential screening committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has disqualified 10 aspirants from its primaries slated for June 6 to 8, 2022.
The chairman of the committee, John Odigie-Oyegun, made this known on Friday.
Odigie-Oyegun, a former national chairman of the APC, said only 13 out of the 23 aspirants screened were cleared by the committee.
The screening committee chairman, who failed to disclose the names of the disqualified presidential hopefuls, said only youthful aspirants made the list of cleared aspirants.
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The screening of the presidential aspirant, which commenced on Monday, May 30 at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja, ended on Tuesday, May 31.
The presidential aspirants screened by the APC screening committee included Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; the party’s national leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu; Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio; Governors Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Yahaya Bello (Kogi), David Umahi (Ebonyi), and Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa State).
Others were former Governors Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Sani Yerima (Zamfara), Rochas Okorocha (Imo); and the former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi.
Others included former Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba; Pastor Felix Nicholas, the only female presidential aspirant, Mrs Uju Ken-Ohanenye; Pastor Tunde Bakare; Sen. Ajayi Boroffice; former Senate President, Ken Nnamani; former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole; oil magnate, Tein Jack; and a few others.
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