Findings by Vanguard indicated that the contenders are mostly top All Progressives Congress politicians who contested for governorship, national and state assembly posts but lost to the People’s Democratic Party in the state.
According to a credible source, the major contenders are counting on their ‘assumed closeness’ to either President Buhari or the leadership of the APC at the national and regional levels and are unwilling to back down even with reports that the president will only pick cabinet members strictly on merit and not on party membership and contributions.
The party leaders, according to sources are said to have made a strong position to the President, reminding him of the betrayal caused by those who now seek to be appointed into his cabinet.
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