APC Releases List Of 24 Cleared Candidates For 2019 Governorship Elections

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released the list of 24 cleared candidates for the 2019 governorship elections.

This was contained in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Yekini Nabena.

This 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,” Mr Nabena said.

TheLagosTimes recalls that the party held its primaries in different states in the country from September 30, 2018.

Below is the full list of approved 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