The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) finished selling nomination and expression of interest forms on Tuesday, with no less than 25 people vying for the party's presidential ticket.
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) finished selling nomination and expression of interest forms on Tuesday, with no less than 25 people vying for the party's presidential ticket.
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The ruling All Progressives Congress APC on Tuesday ended its sale of nomination and expression of interest forms, with no fewer than 25 aspirants jostling for its presidential ticket.
As of press time, the directorate of organization was still computing the figures of aspirants, including those who picked forms in their states. However, Vanguard gathered that there are at least 105 governorship aspirants, nearly a thousand national assembly aspirants, and over 1,500 aspirants for state Houses of Assembly.
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who submitted his forms on Tuesday at the International Conference Centre ICC Abuja, asked stakeholders to give the APC presidential ticket to the Southwest.
"That is unfair for you to claim we did not arrive at a consensus," the governor said when asked why a recent meeting of some Southwest APC leaders with some presidential hopefuls from the zone did not result in a consensus agreement. You should have inquired about the goal. Did we accomplish the goal of the meeting?
The answer is yes. We needed to have ourselves in the room, lock up ourselves and have frank conversations which was exactly what we did. Are we going to have further conversation with the leadership? Yes, I believe so. So we are not fed up, we were sincere with ourselves and we hope that in future engagements, all the aspirations we have in our region will come to pass”.
When asked about zoning, Sanwo-Olu said the Southwest deserves the presidential ticket.
“I think we believe so and I think that is what is fair, that is what is just, but it is really about Nigeria. There are aspirations everywhere and there are so many qualified people but for equity and fairness we have in our country, I think it is just morally fair that it goes to that part and South-west is top-notch on that. We believe that our positions from those meetings are still very valid and everybody must consider”, he stated.
