APC makes U-turn, disowns campaign council list where Wike was named member

APC makes U-turn, disowns campaign council list where Wike was named member

 The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has not released
any campaign council lists for Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo gubernatorial elections.

 

The off-cycle elections will be held on November 11.

 

In a post on platform X (formerly known as Twitter) on
Tuesday, Muhammad Argungu, APC’s organising secretary, said Abdullahi Ganduje,
national chairman of the party, approved the constitution of the campaign
councils in consultation with the national working committee (NWC).

 

In the now disowned lists, Dapo Abiodun, governor of Ogun,
was to lead APC’s campaign council for the Kogi governorship.

 

While Inuwa Yahaya, governor of Gombe, was listed to  spearhead the party’s campaign council in
Bayelsa, Bassey Otu, governor of Cross River, was appointed to be in charge of
Imo.

 

The Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo campaign councils had 135, 123,
and 138 members respectively.

 

Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Mohammed Bago, and Uba Sani
were members of the Kogi campaign council.

 

Senate President Godswill Akpabio and George Akume,
secretary to the government of the federation (SGF); and Betta Edu, minister of
humanitarian affairs, were appointed members of the Bayelsa campaign council.

 

For Imo, Francis Nwifuru, governor of Ebonyi; Benjamin Kalu,
deputy speaker of the house of representatives; and Rochas Okorocha, a former
senator; were also meant to serve as members of the state’s campaign council.

 

But a few hours after the list was released,  the ruling party said it has no campaign
councils set up yet for the elections.

 

“The attention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has
been drawn to National Campaign Council Lists for the 11th November, 2023
Governorship Elections in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo States in circulation in
sections of the media,” Felix Morka, the party’s spokesperson, said in a
statement on Tuesday evening.

 “The lists are not
official documents of the Party and should be disregarded.”

 

Before the APC withdrew the lists, Nyesom Wike, minister of
the federal capital territory (FCT), appeared as one of the members of the
Bayelsa campaign council.

 

The party took out his name in a revised list and eventually
withdrew everything.

Source: APC makes U-turn, disowns campaign council list where Wike was named member

 - NigerianEye

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