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Fayemi, Akpabio, Badaru, Amosun, Bankole step down for Tinubu

Six presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have stepped down for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Chairman, Nigerian Governors Forum and Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has stepped down for Tinubu.

Godswill Akpabio, the immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and ex-Governor of Akwa Ibom State, also threw his weight behind Tinubu at the Convention ground.

Also, the immediate past Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibukun Amosun, has stepped down for Tinubu.

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, also threw his weight behind Tinubu.

Governor Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa also threw his weight behind Tinubu.

The Deputy Majority Leader, Prof. Ajayi Borroffice, also withdrew for Tinubu.

Fayemi, Akpabio, Amosun and Bankole announced their withdrawal at the APC presidential primaries held at Eagle Square in Abuja, directing their supporters to vote for the party’s National Leader, Bola Tinubu.

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