By Omeiza Ajayi
No fewer than 44 senatorial aspirants have been disqualified from participating in the All Progressives Congress APC Senate primary elections, with prominent names including Rivers politician Tein Jack-Rich among those who did not scale the party’s screening exercise.
This was even as the party has now deleted the names of former Bayelsa East Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, Anambra North aspirant Chimzobam Kingsley Nnalue, from the “not cleared” list.
The APC released the updated list on Monday in a statement signed by National Publicity Secretary Felix Morka, saying the screening was conducted by the party’s screening committees in accordance with established procedures and guidelines.
The document, titled “Updated List of Senatorial Aspirants Not Cleared,” contains 44 names — three fewer than the 47 on a version earlier in circulation.
