Chairman of Northern Governors Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong has revealed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will choose its consensus candidate right before the commencement of today’s presidential primary election.

Lalong said this on Tuesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.

He said that the Governors have been in consultations with major stakeholders of the party regarding the issue of a consensus and would announce its candidate before the commencement of voting by delegates.

In his words, “Consensus is possible. Right from yesterday up till today, we have been doing consultations like Mr President said, ‘I give you the opportunity, work on it.’

“The governors and the National Working Committee will continue on that consensus. As of yesterday, we were able to even reduce, made recommendations of about five persons, from 23 to recommendations of about 13 aspirants without disqualifying anybody.”

The disclosure comes hours after APC Governors submitted the names of five presidential aspirants to President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the party’s presidential primary today (Tuesday).

Reports say that the Progressives Governors Forum submitted the names in the early hours of Tuesday.

The names included in the list are:

1. Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo
2. Ex-governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu
3. Governor Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti State)
4. Rotimi Amaechi, former Minister of Transportation
5. Governor David Umahi (Ebonyi State).

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