However, some of them have been reported to be in the race.
They include the Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Wase; embattled Majority Leader, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa; Chairman of the House Committee on Navy, Yusuf Gagdi; Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations, Aliyu Betara; and Chairman, House Committee on Science Research Institutes, Olaide Akinremi, as well as Kalu, among others.
The national leadership of the party had met with the National Assembly members-elect in Abuja penultimate Monday. A speakership aspirant, Benjamin Kalu, in an interview with our correspondent, alleged that some of the aspirants were already dropping the name of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, as backing their speakership bid.
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