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All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) is to meet with the 22 Peoples Democratic Party aspirants, who are aggrieved over the conduct of the PDPs governorship primary in Akwa Ibom State.

An aide to one of the aspirants, who preferred to be anonymous, told our correspondent in Uyo on Monday that the aggrieved aspirants otherwise known as G22 had been under intense pressure to defect to APC.

He stated that the G22 who had earlier ignored the call to defect to the APC by the PDP governorship candidate in the state, Mr. Umana Umana, will reassess their stance following the manner in which the national leadership of the PDP handled the issues concerning December 8 PDP governorship primary in the state.

According to the aide, the planned defection to APC was being facilitated by one of the APC governors in the South-South.

The governor was said to have promised the aspirants of accommodating them as well as all other politicians in the state who are opposed to the alleged imposition by the Akwa Ibom State governor, Mr. Godswill Akpabio.

The APC presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) has expressly requested to meet with the 22 aggrieved PDP aspirants from Akwa Ibom State. The move is facilitated by one of the APC governors in the South-South.

The occasion of the planned special reception for the PDP bigwigs by the main opposition party in the country will be crowned by the formal adoption of Maj. Gen. Buhari by a cross section of Akwa Ibom people as their sole presidential candidate in next year presidential election, he said.

The aggrieved aspirants, who are expected to decamp to APC include former Akwa Ibom State Deputy governors, Obong Nsima Ekere and Patrick Otu; a senator representing Akwa Ibom-South, Helen Esuene; a former Nigerian Ambassador to Russia and Belarus, Assam Assam, (SAN); a former Attorney General of Akwa Ibom State, Ekpenyong Ntekim; a former Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftain Affairs, Effiong Abia; Asukwo Okpo; Larry Esin; Prof. Richard King, and Chris Abasi Eyo.

Others include Okpolump Ette, Aniedi Johnny Ufot, David Okpon, Dr. Samuel Udonsak, Jerome Isangedighi, Dr. Peter Esu, Ita Udoh, Ime Ekanem, Michael Etuk, Benjamin Okoko, Ime Akpanebe and Effiong Usin.

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