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Orji Kalu signs Tinubu’s INEC nomination form, sighted as final nominator

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July 1, 2022

Famous Nigerian Politician and Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu has signed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) presidential nomination form for the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu

Kalu’s name was sighted as the 50th Nominator and final signatory of Tinubu’s form

All the presidential candidates of the political parties are mandated to fill a form issued by INEC after party nomination.

The nomination form for presidential candidates have 50 nominators and they must be party faithfuls and trusted allies of the candidate

Kalu whose details was conspicuously seen in the form had on Tuesday saved the APC from loosing its majority in the senate.

Recall that some aggrieved Senators serving on the platform of the All Progressives Congress met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Tuesday.

The Senators, numbering about 22, had pledged to defect from the party over the outcome of primaries in their state ahead of the 2023 general elections.

Leader of the delegation, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, said the lawmakers felt disenfranchised by the process.

Speaking at the meeting, President Buhari urged the Senators to exercise restraint in their decision to defect from the party.

Several APC lawmakers have defected recently.

President Buhari said the defections were a threat to the APC’s majority in the National Assembly.

After the meeting, Kalu said the aggrieved Senators would no longer pursue defection from the APC.

“Earlier this afternoon, I led the 22 aggrieved Senators and members of the All Progressive Congress to President Muhammad Buhari,GCFR,” Kalu, the Chief Whip of the ninth senate, said in a statement.