APC national chair Abdullahi Adamu has said the party would decide on zoning after screening its 2023 presidential aspirants.

“We have not produced our candidate for the presidency yet. We have to screen the aspirants to know the way forward. We have aspirants from across the country in the presidential race. We will take the decision when we get there,” the APC chairman said.

Mr Adamu said this in an interview with selected Hausa service media organisations late Wednesday night. He added that the party would screen the presidential aspirants according to the 2023 general elections guidelines.

The party’s electoral guidelines provide three methods of choosing its candidates for an election: direct, indirect, and consensus.

On the number of the presidential aspirants, Mr Adamu said members of the party could not be denied the right to run for president.

“You can’t stop our party stalwarts from contesting elections or aspiring for the presidency. It is their right, and we are happy for them. There is nothing wrong with anybody aspiring for the exalted seat of the president. It is God that decides who gets what,” explained Mr Adamu. “We have 28 aspirants for the presidential ticket, and everybody knows that all of them cannot get the ticket. If it’s God’s wish, they all can even be president of the country one after the other.”

He added, “Our goal is to ensure justice in the choice of who emerges as the candidate of the party, that does not mean we are perfect, but we pray we do the right thing.”

(NAN)