| The Daily Crucible | Saturday, March 26, 2022
By Jane Okafor, Abuja
Senator Umaru Tanko Al - Makura (Nasarawa State), Senator George Akume(Benue State) and four other chairmanship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have withdrawn from the race and chosen their co-aspirant, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, as the consensus candidate.
Adamu is President Muhammadu Buhari’s preferred candidate and has been pushing Adamu candidature in a horse - trading manner in the last one week to enable the former governor on the platform of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) succeed.
The aspirants made their decision known in a letter dated March 25, 2022 according to sources close affected aspirants.
The letter was addressed to the Chairman, APC Election Su-Committee, read and signed by Akume.
It read: “May I kindly refer to the appeal by Mr President for the chairmanship aspirants 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.”
Below is the letter:
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