Former Speaker of the House of Representatives and APC Presidential Aspirant, DImeji Bankole, has thrown his weight behind the presidential ambition of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
The former Speaker visited Tinubu at his Abuja residence on Tuesday morning alongside the former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel.
Bankole declared his total support for the APC national leader in today’s Presidential primary election scheduled to take place between 6:00pm and 10:00pm at the Eagle Square in Abuja.
However, at the time of filing this report, the former speaker has not officially announced his withdrawal from the APC presidential primaries.
Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari is alleged to have directed the APC Governors to further prune the names of presidential aspirants to 3.
There are speculations that President Buhari is expected to select a consensus candidate from the list of names submitted by the governors.
APC governors had earlier on Tuesday, submitted the names of 5 presidential aspirants to the President ahead of the party’s presidential primaries.
It was learned that the Progressives Governors Forum submitted the 5 names to the President in the early hours of Tuesday.
The names include on the list are Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, Rotimi Amaechi, former Minister of Transportation, and Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State.
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