APC Presidential Primaries: Journalists teargassed, denied entry into Eagle Square
Journalists accredited for the coverage of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Special Convention in Abuja have been denied entry by security agents at Eagle Square, the venue of the event.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that dozens of journalists who had gathered at the entrance were barred by the security agents who claimed to be acting on orders from the above.
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Canisters of tear gas were fired at the journalists by the security agents who stood their ground on preventing the journalists even with their accreditation tags.
Meanwhile, seven presidential aspirants contesting under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have rejected the five names that were purportedly submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari to select a consensus candidate.
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They insisted that nobody consulted them before the governors arrived at the decision.
Reports have it that some hours before the special national convention of the APC, governors elected on the platform of the party submitted five shortlisted names of presidential aspirants to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Those shortlisted include Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Rotimi Amaechi, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Governor Dave Umahi and Governor Kayode Fayemi.
The names reflected the three geopolitical zones in the South in line with the APC Northern governors’ position that power should shift to the South.
