Gaya said when the process begins, the candidate will mount the podium and tell delegates if they are stepping down, and who they are stepping down for.
The campaign director-general of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Senator Kabiru Gaya, has stated that there are ongoing efforts to reduce the list of proposed presidential aspirants to two.
He stated on Tuesday evening that the contest was between Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice-president Yemi Osinbajo.
Gaya spoke in a live interview with Channels TV at the primary ground in Abuja monitored.
Recall that the APC governors first nominated five aspirants to contest the presidential primary of the party.
Those initially proposed were Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Rotimi Amaechi; Governor Kayode Fayemi and Governor Dave Umahi.
But after a fresh deliberation, the list was reduced to three aspirants with Tinubu, Osibanjo and Amaechi making the new list.
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But Gaya now claims that the list has been pruned down to two.
Hear him: “Well, we are still in the process. We know during conventions like this, decisions are taken at the last minute and when done at the last minute, people accept that decision.
“Yes, we are trying to trim down. All that we know is that the candidate at the presidency should go to the south. And as it is now, it is going to the south, so that we can have a northern vice-president.
“If we don’t agree on one person, at least two or three persons will go to poll. The party wants the aspirants contesting to be reduced to two or even one.
“The two are Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice-president Yemi Osinbajo, so it comes down to the South West. The party would not simply say they’ve dropped a candidate.
“When the process begins, the candidate will mount the podium and tell us if they are stepping down, and who they are stepping down for,” Gaya said.
