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APC Rejects Utomi, Clears Ogboru, Abiodun, 22 others as Guber candidates

The National Working Committee (NWC) of All Progressive Congress (APC) has cleared the nomination of Great Ogboru as its gubernatorial candidate for Delta State thereby rejecting Professor Pat Utomi.

There were two factional gubernatorial primaries in the Delta State as reported. While Professor Utomi emerged as the winner of one of the factions, Chief Ogboru was elected by the other.

The NWC of the APC has released 24 names of cleared candidates including Chief Great Ogboru for Delta to fly the party’s flag in the 2019 election.

Also cleared is Prince Dapo Abiodun for Ogun State. The clearance of Abiodun is a major blow to Governor Ibikunle Amosun, who supports Abdulkabir Akinlade, a member of the House of Representatives.

APC spokesman, Yekini Nabena in a statement on Friday said the candidates were approved at Thursday’s meeting of the NWC in Abuja.

Below are the cleared candidates:

  1. ABDULLAHI UMAR GANDUJE – KANO STATE
  2. MOHAMMED ABUBAKAR – BAUCHI STATE
  3. SIMON LALONG – PLATEAU STATE
  4. NASIR EL-RUFAI – KADUNA STATE
  5. MOHAMMED BADARU ABUBAKAR – JIGAWA STATE
  6. AHMED ALIYU – SOKOTO STATE
  7. ABUBAKAR ATIKU BAGUDU – KEBBI STATE
  8. AMINU BELLO MASARI – KATSINA STATE
  9. ABUBAKAR SANI BELLO – NIGER STATE
  10. BABAGANA UMARA-ZULUM – BORNO STATE
  11. MAI MALA BUNI – YOBE STATE
  12. ABUBAKAR A. SULE – NASARAWA STATE
  13. EMMANUEL JIMME – BENUE STATE
  14. BABAJIDE SANWO–OLU – LAGOS STATE
  15. TONYE COLE – RIVERS STATE
  16. UCHE OGAH – ABIA STATE
  17. NSIMA EKERE – AKWA-IBOM STATE
  18. ADEBAYO ADELABU – OYO STATE
  19. DAPO ABIODUN – OGUN STATE
  20. GREAT OGBORU – DELTA STATE
  21. OWAN ENOH – CROSS-RIVER
  22. INUWA YAHAYA – GOMBE STATE
  23. SUNNY OGBOJI – EBONYI STATE
  24. SANI ABUBAKAR DANLADI – TARABA STATE.

 

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