Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, met with Abdullahi Adamu, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Also on Thursday, five APC governors met with Osinbajo at his residence in the presidential villa, Abuja.

Osinbajo’s meeting with the APC chairman and the governors, comes ahead of the party’s convention to select its presidential candidate for the 2023 elections.

Identities of the governors were unknown as at the time of filing this report.

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had shifted the date for submission of list of candidates by political parties, with the ruling party postponing its presidential primary election earlier scheduled for May 29-30 to June 6-8.

President Muhammadu Buhari had, before travelling to Madrid, Spain on official visit, met with the 22 governors of the APC, where he sought their support to choose his successor.

Some APC stakeholders have been pushing for a consensus candidate that will face Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the presidential election, but a section of the party and some aspirants have opposed the move.

Osinbajo’s meeting with Adamu and the governors also comes after the conclusion of the party’s screening exercise for presidential hopefuls by the John Oyegun-led committee.

The Cable