In continuation of the ongoing screening exercise by the All Progressives Congress (APC), the presidential screening committee will continue on Tuesday to screen the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, Ekiti and Kogi State Governors, Kayode Fayemi and Yahyah Bello respectively.
Other aspirants expected to be screened by a former Edo State governor and former APC national chairman, John Oyegun led panel are former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole and oil magnate, Tein Jack Rich, former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Ogbonnaya Onu, Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River, former Minister of Information under the late General Sani Abacha regime, Ikeobasi Mokelu.
A total of 11 presidential hopefuls are expected to appear on Tuesday ahead of the party’s primary scheduled to take place between June 6 and 8.
They include the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio; former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole; and oil magnate, Tein Jack Rich.
Former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, is also expected to appear before the panel after he was granted bail by a Federal High Court in Abuja in an alleged N2.9 billion fraud case being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The APC panel had screened 12 presidential hopefuls in the course of the exercise expected to last two days at Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja.
