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Max Air and Air Peace airlines were contracted to embark on the evacuation mission with the former arriving first with Nigerians from Romania, a nearby country to Ukraine where they had gone to take refuge.

The All Progressive Congress (APC) chieftain recently said he was ready to fight dirty to clinch the position.

Although no official reason was given by the anti-graft agency on why its operatives attended the event at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, it might not be unconnected to reports of bribery allegedly committed through proxy by aspirants who are jostling for the party's ticket.

These are the same Governors talking about Equity, justice and fairness yet in a clandestine manner purportedly sidelined the South East.

He also called on other presidential aspirants to shelve their political ambitions and support the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 general election.

Until his appointment, Abdullahi was the Honourable Minister of State for Science, Technology and Innovation.

The NEF, in its demand contained in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, said the Nigerian leader should consider calls for his resignation seriously.

He, however, refused to disclose the identities of the disqualified aspirants or the reasons for their disqualification.

His rejection comes amid speculations that the APC may opt for the consensus mode of primary as it did during its national convention late March.