APC prepares to elect presidential candidate today

The All Progressives’ Congress will elect its presidential candidate today

The event, which is holding at the eagle square in Abuja will see 2,340 delegates queuing to choose their preferred presidential candidate.

In the lead-up to the exercise, 28 presidential hopefuls had picked the nomination and expression of interest forms, but five of them later pulled out.

Twenty-three aspirants later appeared before the APC presidential screening committee led by the party’s former chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun.

The special convention, which is billed to run till Wednesday, has been marred by intrigues over the zoning of the presidential ticket and consensus candidacy.

President Muhammadu Buhari has had several meetings with leaders of the party as the APC pushes for a consensus candidate.

While the northern governors are canvassing for the flagbearer to come from the southern part of the country, a faction of the party is pushing for the ticket to be given to the northern region.

On Monday, reports emerged that senate president Ahmad Lawan had been picked as the consensus candidate of the party.

But minutes after, the presidency said president Buhari does not have an anointed candidate, adding that the Nigerian leader is committed to a democratic process.

Meanwhile reports from eagle square in Abuja says accreditation of delegates is ongoing