On Saturday, Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held statewide primaries to elect their governorship candidates for the 2019 general election.
Some of the primaries were still on by Monday while some were postponed to Monday and beyond.
In some states like Abia where Orji Kalu’s name went missing from APC’s approved register, Nigerians were regaled with captivating intrigues, while in others, like Akwa Ibom where at least one person was killed, the outcome was mournful.
The exercise continued on Monday in states where it was either postponed or originally scheduled for October 1. For APC, Imo and Zamfara are holding primaries today. The PDP does not have fresh states holding primaries today, but results from some states where they held yesterday were still being awaited.
Individual aspirants on either platform who have already emerged as governorship candidates are listed as below. The list would be updated as more candidates emerge:
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STATES APC PDP
ABIA Okezie Ikpeazu
ADAMAWA Ahmadu Fintiri
AKWA IBOM Nsima Ekere Udom Emmanuel
ANAMBRA
BAUCHI Bala Mohammed
BAYELSA
BENUE Samuel Ortom
BORNO Babagana Umara-Zulum
CROSS RIVER Ben Ayade
DELTA Ogboru Ovedje Okowa Ifeanyi
EBONYI David Umahi
ENUGU Ifeanyi Ugwanyi
EDO
EKITI
GOMBE
IMO
JIGAWA Badaru Abubakar Aminu Ringim
KADUNA Nasir El-Rufai Isa Ashiru
KANO Abdullahi Ganduje
KATSINA Aminu Masari Lado Danmarke
KEBBI Galaudu Augie
KOGI
KWARA
LAGOS
NASARAWA Abdullahi Sule David Ombugadu
NIGER Abubakar Bello Umar Nasko
OGUN
ONDO
OSUN
OYO Adebayo Adelabu Seyi Makinde
PLATEAU Simon Lalong Jeremiah Useni
RIVERS Nyesom Wike
SOKOTO Ahmad Aliyu Manir Dan-Iya
TARABA Ishaku Darius
YOBE Maimala Buni
ZAMFARA
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