The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, screened 12 presidential aspirants out 23 aspirants listed for screening.
The remaining aspirants who are listed for the screening, will be concluded on Tuesday.
Former National Chairman of the APC, John Oyegun, is the chairperson of the screening committee.
Meanwhile, the party has not declared its position on if it would zone the presidential ticket.
According to Abdullahi Adamu, APC national chairman, the decision would be taken after the screening exercise.
The 12 aspirants scheduled for screening on Monday were listed as follows:
Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba
Badaru Abubakar
Robert A. Boroffice
Uju Ken-Ohanenye
Nicholas Felix
David Umahi
Ken Nnamani
Tunde Bakare
Ibikunle Amosun
Bola Tinubu
Ahmad Rufai Sani
Rotimi Amaechi
Those to be screened on Tuesday are:
Dimeji Bankole
Kayode Fayemi
Godswill Akpabio
Yemi Osinbajo
Rochas Okorocha
Yahaya Bello
Tein Jack-Rich
Christopher Onu
Ahmad Lawan
Ben Ayade
Ikeobasi Mokelu
In another development, the APC presidential screening committee has been asked to disqualify Bola Tinubu, a former Lagos governor, over “questionable educational qualifications”.
In a letter dated May 17, 2022, one Sagir Mai Iyali, who identified himself as an APC member from Kano state, asked the party to disqualify Tinubu over alleged false documents the latter tendered to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in 1998.
Iyali said although Tinubu is above the required age to contest the office of president, his age is not known, adding that obscurity surrounding the presidential hopeful could jeopardise the party’s chances at the polls.
“We understand that Bola Ahmed Tinubu who has since procured his expression of interest and nomination forms and has submitted the same to the party has certain issues that clearly amount to a similar disqualification scenario,” the petition reads.
“From the information contained in prior submissions to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), particularly in 1999, Mr. Tinubu presented a false claim, on oath, of his attendance at University of Chicago from 1972-1976.
“It is clear now that these claims are false. Not only was this filed in the INEC form with a declaration on oath on December 20 1999, it was also contained in an affidavit of loss sworn to before the High Court of Lagos, Ikeja Registry, December 29th 1998.
