The Governors of the All Progressive Congress Party together with the National Working Committee of the party shortlisted names of five out of the 17 presidential aspirants to President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the presidential primary today, Tuesday.
President Buhari is expected to select a consensus candidate from the list of names submitted to him.
According to the report, the names included are Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, Governor Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti State), Rotimi Amaechi, former Minister of Transportation, and Governor David Umahi (Ebonyi State).
A, the governors made effort to pick a candidate each from South-East, one from South-South and three from South-West geopolitical zones in line with their position that power should shift to the South.
The president is expected to peruse and make his pick from the list.
The ruling party would hope to pick a presidential candidate that can compete with the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party Candidate, Peter Obi and others.