(THEWILL) – Ahead of the presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), scheduled to hold between June 6th and 8th, the ruling party has disqualified 10 presidential aspirants.

The Chairman of the Presidential Screening Committee and the former National Chairman of APC, Chief John Oyegun, disclosed this on Friday in Abuja, when he submitted the committee’s report to the party.

The aspirants that were disqualified have not been made known yet, but according to Oyegun, only youthful aspirants made the list of the 13 cleared aspirants.

The committee held the screening exercise between Monday and Tuesday this week.

The committee is currently at the National Secretariat of the party, submitting its report to the Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led National Working Committee NWC.

THEWILL had reported exclusively that President Buhari directed the National chairman of the party, Abdullahi Adamu, to work with governors of the party to prune the list of presidential aspirants, from which he would pick one as his preferred successor.

Those screened by the Oyegun-led screening committee were: a former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu; Vice President Yemi Osibanjo; former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; former Minister of Niger Delta Development, Sen. Godswill Akpabio; former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu; former Imo State Governor, Sen. Rochas Okorocha; and former Ogun State Governor, Sen. Ibikunle Amosu.

Others were: Pastor Tunde Bakare, Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade; Ebonyi State Governor, Gov. Dave Umahi; Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; Minister of State for Education, Hon. Emeka Nwajiuba; former Senate President, Sen. Ken Nnamani; Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello; Jigawa governor, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar; and former Zamfara State governor, Sen. Ahmed Yerima.

Also on the list are: Senator Ajayi Borroffice, the only female aspirant, Mrs. Uju Kennedy Ohanenye; Pastor Nicholas Felix Nwagbo, former Speaker of Representative, Hon. Dimeji Bankole; Senate President, Dr. Ahmed Lawan; former Minister of Information, Chief Ikeobasi Mokelu; and Tein Jack Rich