Politics
INEC Clears Ogundu As Rivers APC Governorship Flagbearer
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has listed Chinda Ogundu as All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Rivers State.
This is contained in final list of candidates released by electoral body on Saturday for 2027 governorship election.
The APC, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and African Democratic Congress, ADC, are among parties represented on Rivers list.
INEC had earlier excluded New Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, governorship candidate in Kano State, Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, as well as Isa Pantami of PDP in Gombe State, from respective final lists.
Other candidates cleared for Rivers guber race include Gashash Mukhtar of Party A, Haruna Abdullahi of Action Alliance, AA, Sharif Abba of African Action Congress, AAC, Ibrahim Ali Amin of African Democratic Congress, ADC, and Muhammad Abdullahi of Action Democratic Party, ADP, among others.