There is tension at the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja as members of the party and news hounds await the formal announcement of the running mate of its presidential candidate, Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari.
The party has fixed 2pm for the formal announcement.
Information available on Monday morning had it that Buhari has approved the appointment of a former Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Prof. Yemi Osibajo, as his running mate.
Newsmen and members of the APC who had stormed the secretariat as early as8am for the formal announcement of Buhari’s running mate were disappointed as none of the top hierarchy of the party showed up.
Rather, they were told at about 10am that the announcement would now be at 2pm.
The National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, had said on Tuesday that Buhari would personally make the announcement on Wednesday.