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.
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