All the aspirants for the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairmanship position, have stepped down from the contest.
They include Minister of Special Duties, George Akume; the Senator representing Niger East senatorial district, Sani Musa; former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari; Saliu Mustapha from Kwara State and Mohammed Seidu Etsu from Niger State.
21st CENTURY CHRONICLE had reported that one of the top contenders in the race and former governor of Nasarawa State, Tanko Al-Makura earlier stepped down following a meeting with his co-contestant, Abdullahi Adamu and incumbent Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule with President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday night.
In a letter sent to the Chairman of the APC Election Sub-Committee and signed by Senator George Akume, the contestants resolved to back the candidate of the President Muhammdu Buhari, Senator Adamu as their consensus candidate.
“May I kindly refer to the appeal by Mr President for the chairmanship aspirants of our great party to agree to a consensus arrangement wherein our colleague H.E, Sen Abdullahi Adamu is made our consensus candidate for the chairmanship position and forward letters of withdrawal from the under listed aspirants to wit: 1.H.E Sen. Tanko Al-Makura 2. H.E Sen. George Akume 3. H.E Abdulaziz Yari 4. Sen. Sani Musa Muhammed 5. Comm. Etsu Muhammed 6. Turaki Saliu Mustapha,” the letter which was dated March 25, reads.
