By Ogochukwu Isioma
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has forwarded the names of its gubernatorial candidates for the forthcoming November 11, 2023 off-cycle governorship elections to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
METROWATCHXTRA.COM reports that the 2023 off-cycle governorship elections will take place in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi States.
The names of the candidates were contained in a letter sighted by METROWATCH dated 17th April and addressed to the INEC chairman by Abubakar Kyari and Iyiola Omisore, Acting National Chairman and National Secretary of the APC.
It reads, ”We write to forward the under-listed 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.”
METROWATCH reports that while the incumbent Governor Hope Uzodimma won the Imo APC governorship primaries unopposed, Timipre Sylva, immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, won in Bayelsa; with Governor Yahaya Bello’s ‘anointed’ Auditor-General, Ahmed Usman Ododo, taking Kogi State.
