APC Clears Sanwo-Olu And 23 Others As Governorship Candidates

 

As INEC deadline of 7 September looms, The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has cleared Prince Dapo Abiodun as the governorship candidate for Ogun state.

 

Twenty three other governorship candidates, including Great Ogboru for Delta, were also cleared to fly the party’s flag in the 2019 election.

 

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 Friday said the candidates were approved at Thursday’s meeting of the NWC in Abuja.

 

The cleared candidates are as follows:

 

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.