The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has cleared former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Rotimi Amaechi, and Mohammed Hayatu-Deen for its presidential primary election.

This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi.

The three aspirants were screened on Wednesday in Abuja.

The statement said that a total of 513 aspirants were cleared to contest the House of Representatives primary elections nationwide.

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