Our reporter , who visited the FCT office of the Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday, detailed that more than 70 names had been posted as of Thursday night.
The rundown was posted with INEC' s timetable which settled October 25 for the production of applicants of political gatherings the nation over.
A portion of the applicants incorporate : President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, previous Vice - President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, Obadiah Mailafia of the African Democratic Congress, and previous Governor Donald Duke of the Social Democratic Party.
A source at INEC said the figure may be higher than 70.
He said , " So far , more than 70 hopefuls have been tallied . A more exhaustive rundown will be distributed on Friday. "
The source said the poll paper for the presidential decision would likewise be long , including that the declaration of race results in 2019 may even take longer.
Then, the different competitors' qualifications were made accessible to columnists on Thursday.
Buhari again neglected to join important supporting archives, demanding that they were in the care of the military.
In the testimony which he promised to , Buhari said , " I am the above named individual and the deponent of this oath in this. All my scholarly capability archives as filled in my Presidential shape , APC/001/2015 are as of now with the Secretary of the Military Board as of the season of this testimony. "
On his part, Atiku presented every applicable report , with a Diploma in Law in 1969 from the Ahmadu Bello University being his most noteworthy capability.
The previous Vice - President additionally connected expense forms showing that he had paid N 10. 8m in expense from 2015 to 2017 while pronouncing his salary inside the period as N 60. 2m .
PDP administrator to head Atiku Presidential Campaign Council
There are solid signs that the PDP is moving in the direction of making the 2019 Presidential Campaign Council to be going by its National Chairman , Prince Uche Secondus.
The board will supplement the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization headed by the Senate President , Bukola Saraki .
A portion of the positions, which are viewed as delicate , had yet to be rounded before Atiku gone out of Nigeria .
In any case, before leaving , the gathering was said to have anchored his endorsement before discharging a few names, which incorporated that of Saraki .
Aside from Saraki , those whose names were made reference to incorporated those of the Governor of Sokoto State , Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as zonal facilitator for North - West ; Governor of Gombe State , Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo , zonal organizer, North-East; Governor of Benue State , Dr Samuel Ortom , zonal facilitator, North - Central ; Governor of Rivers State , Mr Nyesom Wike as zonal facilitator, South - South while a previous Governor of Ekiti State , Mr Ayodele Fayose , was named as the zonal facilitator for the South - West.
Others whose names recorded incorporated the Governor of Ebonyi State , Dave Umahi , zonal facilitator , South - East; a previous Minister of Special Duties and Inter - Governmental Relations, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki ( SAN) , as the Chairman , Legal Matters , and Governor of Akwa Ibom State , Emmanuel Udom , as the Chairman , Fund Raising Committee.
Since the production of the names, it was assembled that people had been mounting weight on the initiative of the gathering to get selected into positions said to be key in the crusade group.
On Thursday, our reporter accumulated that a few names were being waved as new deputies into the battle committee .
These positions incorporated those of the representative for the crusade, chiefs of contact and preparation, fund , procedure and others .
Be that as it may, the National Publicity Secretary of the gathering, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, said that the gathering still couldn't seem to name different individuals from the Presidential Campaign Council .
He depicted the rundown as fraud, and solicited the individuals from the gathering to disregard it.
He said , " The consideration of the PDP was attracted to a fraud post coursing in the online life and indicating that the PDP has discharged further names to make up its 2019 Presidential Campaign Council .
" The fabricators of the post even went further to designate workplaces to specific people , asserting the equivalent to be authoritatively alloted by the initiative of our incredible gathering.
" For the shirking of uncertainty , the PDP has not discharged any further names other than those prior discharged as individuals from the Presidential Campaign Council .
" Currently , the main names and workplaces alloted and discharged by the gathering are those of the Director-General and Zonal Coordinators of the 2019 Presidential crusade. "
He forewarned that some other names being bandied around and indicated to host radiated from the get-together ought to be disapproved likewise .
" The gathering, consequently , encourages all individuals to keep quiet and anticipate promote declaration by the National Working Committee on the piece of the Campaign Council at the appointed time, " he included .
Our reporter , anyway , accumulated that Secondus would head the Presidential Campaign Council .
A source near the gathering told our journalist that the gathering and Atiku were attempting to maintain a strategic distance from the slip-up made by the crusade association of previous President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015, which protected the gathering in his battles.
The source said , " Atiku is a center gathering man . He knows the ramifications of running an individual battle. "
" Being a cooperative person , he needs to convey the gathering along in whatever he does . Truth be told , the gathering will drive the crusade . In view of this , every one of the individuals from the National Working Committee of the gathering driven by Secondus will assume significant jobs in the crusade. "
Then, 10 political gatherings have so far received Mr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim as their presidential competitor .
Olawepo-Hashim, who initially rose the applicant of the Alliance for New Nigeria , has since been received as the hopeful of the Peoples' Trust .
This was contained in an announcement from his media office which demonstrated that the presidential confident would fly the banner of the Third Force, having merged his candidature in front of the general race .
His gathering creation , beside the two noteworthy gatherings , the decision All Progressives Congress, or, in other words Mohammadu Buhari, and the Peoples Democratic Party, or, in other words Vice - President Atiku Abubakar .
The 10 parties that have embraced him as a hopeful are driven by the Olisa Agbakoba - drove National Intervention Movement.
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