The victory solidifies Mr Tinubu’s reputation as a political giant-slayer who defied all the odds to upstage the so-called cabal of President Buhari’s aides and associates.
At least five delegates from both states told The Gazette in separate interviews Tuesday that they were offered American banknotes to support Mr Tinubu and the vice president.
The so-called shortlist was purportedly submitted to President Buhari on Tuesday.
“The president told us any of these five are qualified to be president and have contributed to the party. He said he is comfortable with any of them.”
The tweet was deleted after 1,721 individuals voted, with Mr Osinbajo leading with 43 per cent and Mr Tinubu trailing him, having garnered 40 per cent of the votes.
“We have asked him what disdain he has for our region that makes it impossible for him to visit us,” an APC delegate who received the invitation disclosed to Peoples Gazette.
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This is for their children and grandchildren who were not there and were not taught the history of those terrible days.
The two days screening exercise, currently taking place at Transcop Hilton Hotel, Abuja, is led by former APC national chairman, John Odigie Oyegun.
Tonye Cole, a governorship aspirant of the APC in Rivers, has won the party’s guber primary election held on Thursday in Port Harcourt.
Gubernatorial aspirant in Rivers, Magnus Abe, said he did not participate in the party’s Thursday governorship primary because it was a charade.
