Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Kalu, says nine presidential aspirants from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are set to step down for Senate President Ahmad Lawan, 9news Nigeria has learned.

However, Mr Kalu, who spoke with journalists in Abuja, did not list the nine aspirants’ names. “As I am talking to you, about nine presidential aspirants from our party have intimated to me of their plans to drop their presidential ambition to support Ahmad Lawan,” Mr Kalu said. READ ALSO Rector of Oko Federal Polytechnic, Dr Francisca Felicitates with Muslims on Eid-el Fitr.

The senator was the first to drop his presidential ambition in support of Mr Lawan on the grounds of the failure of APC to zone the presidential ticket to the South-East. “Lawan is from the North-East and has similar sympathy with the South-East that is yet to produce a president.” He also disclosed that an influential aspirant in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform would defect to APC soon.

So, you can see the party is very progressive and properly ready for Lawan’s emergence,“ the former governor of Abia said. On the call for postponement of primary elections by some political parties, Mr Kalu said he does not expect the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to listen to them.

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