Ahead of the 2019 elections, the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) has released a list of all qualified governorship candidates that will be running under the platform of the party.
This was disclosed by the National Publicity secretary of the party, Yekini Nabena in a statement. The list according to the statement is a result of the meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC) held on Thursday.
“Following the Governorship Primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held across the country, the Party’s National Working Committee (NWC) at its meeting held on Thursday, 4th October, 2018 ratified the reports of the various Electoral Committees and adopts the under-listed as Governorship candidates of the APC for the forthcoming 2019 general elections.”
The party however did not name candidates in some states whose primaries are yet to be resolved. National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomole said new electoral panels will be set up to conduct governorship primaries in Imo and Zamfara states.
See list of approved candidates below:
-
ABDULLAHI UMAR GANDUJE – KANO STATE
-
MOHAMMED ABUBAKAR – BAUCHI STATE
-
SIMON LALONG – PLATEAU STATE
-
NASIR EL-RUFAI – KADUNA STATE
-
MOHAMMED BADARU ABUBAKAR – JIGAWA STATE
-
AHMED ALIYU – SOKOTO STATE
-
ABUBAKAR ATIKU BAGUDU – KEBBI STATE
-
AMINU BELLO MASARI – KATSINA STATE
-
ABUBAKAR SANI BELLO – NIGER STATE
-
BABAGANA UMARA-ZULUM – BORNO STATE
-
MAI MALA BUNI – YOBE STATE
-
ABUBAKAR A. SULE – NASARAWA STATE
-
EMMANUEL JIMME – BENUE STATE
-
BABAJIDE SANWO–OLU – LAGOS STATE
-
TONYE COLE – RIVERS STATE
-
UCHE OGAH – ABIA STATE
-
NSIMA EKERE – AKWA-IBOM STATE
-
ADEBAYO ADELABU – OYO STATE
-
DAPO ABIODUN – OGUN STATE
-
GREAT OGBORU – DELTA STATE
-
OWAN ENOH – CROSS-RIVER
-
INUWA YAHAYA – GOMBE STATE
-
SUNNY OGBOJI – EBONYI STATE
-
SANI ABUBAKAR DANLADI – TARABA STATE