The two disqualified presidential aspirants under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has been revealed

Chairman of the committee, Sen. David Mark, had announced their disqualification after the committee concluded its screening of the party’s 17 aspirants yesterday evening, Friday, April 29, 2023. He however refused to disclose the identity of the disqualified candidates.

The disqualified presidential aspirants include  Cosmos Ndukwe and one other yet to be named aspirant   Ndukwe was a former commissioner in Abia, and was recently named in a lawsuit asking to stop the PDP Presidential primary

A top-level PDP source described both men as “bogus aspirants” who did not meet up with the requirements for the position they were contesting for, leading to their disqualification and forfeiture of the N40 million each of them paid for the expression of interest and nomination forms.

The screening exercise focused on the verification of the 17 aspirants’ membership and financial status, academic credentials, and other requirements for a presidential candidate as spelt out in the PDP and Nigerian constitutions.

Those cleared aspirants include former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar; former Senate Presidents, Bukola Saraki and Pius Anyim; former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi; Bauchi and Sokoto State Governors, Bala Mohammed and Aminu Tambuwal.

Others are Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike; OVATION Publisher, Dele Momodu; former banker, Mohammed Hayatu-Deen; pharmacist, Sam Ohabunwa, Akwa Ibom State Governor, Emmanuel Udom; Rt Hon Chikwendu Kalu and the only female presidential aspirant, Olivia Tariela.

Equally successfully screened are former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose; a lawyer, Charles Okwudili