EXCLUSIVE: No APC presidential aspirant disqualified - Screening committee member

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EXCLUSIVE: No APC presidential aspirant disqualified - Screening committee member

A member of the panel says the statement the chairman of the APC screening committee made on was misinterpreted by journalists.

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