By A Correspondent
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Adamu, has said none of the party’s presidential aspirant have been disqualified.
Chairman of the party’s presidential screening committee, John Oyegun, had on Friday said only 13 of the 23 aspirants were cleared after its scrutiny.
But speaking to reporters on Saturday at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja, Adamu suggested all 23 were still in contention regardless of the screening committee’s verdict.
He said: “I want to say very clearly that no aspirant has been disqualified,” Adamu said, adding, “We have the report. It’s like sitting for an exam. And even if you pass, there is a grading; there is first class, second class upper, second class lower, and a pass.
“The president has invited all of them to dinner today.”
Meanwhile, the party has said that former Lagos State governor and presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will face sanctions for his outburst in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, while meeting with delegates.
Tinubu at the session with the party faithful which had Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, in attendance, narrated how he laboured to ensure President Muhammadu Buhari’s emergence as the APC presidential candidate in 2014.
Tinubu lamented that seven years after, he has been shortchanged.
Speaking with journalists on Saturday at the party national secretariat, Senator Adamu said the former Lagos State governor insulted President Buhari and described his action as unbecoming and insulting.
He did not, however, elaborate on the nature of the sanction awaiting Tinubu.
