Journalists anxious to sniff out the news had to be watching from the sidelines as the screening of the All Progressives Congress presidential aspirants began on Monday.
The screening exercise is being held at the Hilton Transcorp Hotel, Abuja, amid very tight security.
The screening is coming ahead of the June 6 presidential primary convention of the party.
The deadline for the transmission of all party candidates in the 2023 election to the Independent National Electoral Commission is June 9, 2022.
An impeccable source within the party said former National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie Oyegun, is leading the seven-man Presidential Screening Committee (PSC).
All the aspirants had earlier undergone a vetting exercise by the legal department of the party.
Those to be screened include: Vice President Yemi Osibanjo; Senate President Ahmed Lawan; Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi; former Minister of Niger Delta Development, Sen. Godswill Akpabio; former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu; former Imo Governor Sen. Rochas Okorocha and former Ogun Governor, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun.
Others are: Pastor Tunde Bakare; Cross River Governor Prof. Ben Ayade; his Ebonyi counterpart, Gov. Dave Umahi; Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; Minister of State for Education, Hon. Emeka Nwajiuba; former Senate President, Sen. Ken Nnamani; Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello; Jigawa Governor Mohammed Badaru Abubakar and former Zamfara Governor Sen. Ahmed Yerima.
Also on the list are Senator Ajayi Borroffice; the only female aspirant, Barr. (Mrs) Uju Kennedy Ohanenye; Pastor Nicholas Felix Nwagbo; former Speaker Dimeji Bankole; former Minister of Information, Chief Ikeobasi Mokelu and Mr Tein Jack Rich.”
