Guber polls: APC sends names of Uzodinma, Ododo, Sylvia to INEC amid some protest

Stephen Ocheni, son of the late ex-Governor Abubakar Audu, Shuaibu and a member of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC, Murtala Ajaka, rejected the results of the primary election.

In Imo, no one contested against the incumbent governor, Uzodinma.

In Bayelsa State, Sylva defeated the former candidate of the party in the last gubernatorial election, David Lyon and four other aspirants, to emerge winner of the contest, which took place across 106 wards in the eight local government areas (LGAs) of the state on April 24.

Sylva scored a total of 52,061 votes from the 55,141 accredited delegates, while Lyon came a distant third with 1,872 votes and Joshua MacIver came second with

2,078 votes.

The ruling party sent a letter, dated April 17th, jointly signed by the Deputy National Chairman (North), Senator Abubakar Kyari, and the National Secretary of the party, Senator Iyiola Omisore, to the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.

The letter reads: “We write to forward the underlisted list of our party’s candidates to your commission for the 2023 off-season gubernatorial elections.

“His Excellency, Chief Timipre Sylva – Bayelsa State; His Excellency, Senator Hope Uzodimma – Imo State; Ahmed Usman Ododo – Kogi State.

“Above is for your information and necessary action, please.”