The immediate past Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, has
emerged the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the February
2015 governorship election in Nasarawa State.
Maku’s name is in the list submitted before the December 26
deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to
contest the governorship position on the APGA platform.
Other candidates submitted by the party as governorship
candidates are the APGA National Secretary, Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, Zamfara
State, former Minister of Interior, Emmanuel Iheanacho, for Imo State, Senator
Anthony Agbo, Ebonyi State, and the former Managing Director of Diamond Bank,
Alex Otti, Abia State.
Governorship candidates for APC, Labour, PPA and PDP are named below:
The All Progressives Congress (APC) submitted to INEC Akinwumi
Ambode, for Lagos State, Nasir el-Rufai, Kaduna, Governor Ibikunle Amosun,
Ogun, Dakuku Peterside, Rivers, Aminu Bello Masari, Katsina, and Tanko
Al-Makura for Nasarawa.
The Labour Party also submitted the name of Adebayo
Aloa-Akala as its candidate for Oyo State, and Tonye Princewill as candidate
for Rivers.
The Progressives Peoples Alliance also sent the name of
Chikwem Udensi as its candidate for Abia State.
The list of governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) include Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka
Ihedioha, whose name has been sent to INEC in spite of wide protests against
his candidature.
Others PDP candidates are Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, for Enugu State,
Ifeanyi Okowa, Delta State, the Chairman of Independent Newspapers Limited,
Gambo Lawan, for Borno, Okezie Ikpeazu, for Abia, and Dave Umahi, Ebonyi.
Former Minister of Police Affairs, Maina Waziri, emerged as
the PDP governorship candidate for Yobe State, while former Minister of State
for Niger Delta, Darius Isiaku, had his name sent to INEC as the PDP candidate
for Taraba State.
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