APC gears up for commencement of primaries Friday
Governor Zulum ‘not in Senate race’
Aspirants to governorship, senatorial, House of Representatives and Houses of Assembly seats on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are awaiting the release of screening results.
In the last three days, the screening of governorship, Senate and House of Representatives aspirants was conducted at four centres in Abuja.
House of Assembly aspirants are being screened at the sub-national level.
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara was among those screened yesterday, the last day of the exercise.
Fubara is seeking re-election despite the prolonged internal crisis involving him, the House of Assembly and other APC leaders in the state.
Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, whose tenure expires in January 2028, is seeking to return to the Senate in the 11th Assembly, which will be inaugurated in June next year – six months before the end of his governorship tenure.
A source close to him said he would forgo the remaining six months of his tenure as governor by resigning to take up the Senate seat in June.
The incumbent senator representing Imo West, Osita Bonaventure Izunaso, who had earlier indicated interest in continuing, failed to pick up the nomination form.
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Immediate past Governor Rochas Okorocha, who previously occupied the Senate seat, obtained a form to contest against Uzodimma.
However, it could not be confirmed last night whether he appeared for screening.
The committee processed the forms submitted by hundreds of aspirants who thronged the centres in the Federal Capital Territory for the screening.
Governors seeking re-election or aspiring to move to the Senate were screened at the Plateau
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