The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has not released any campaign council lists for Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo gubernatorial elections.
The Cable paper reported that, the off-cycle elections will be held on November 11.
The APC’s organizing secretary, Muhammad Argungu, claimed in a post on platform X (formerly known as Twitter) on Tuesday that Abdullahi Ganduje, the party’s national chairman, had approved the formation of the campaign councils after consulting with the NWC.
Dapo Abiodun, the governor of Ogun, was to head the APC’s campaign council for the Kogi governorship in the now-disowned lists.
Bassey Otu, the governor of Cross River, was chosen to lead the party’s campaign council in Imo, while Inuwa Yahaya, the governor of Gombe, was designated to lead it in Bayelsa.
The campaign councils for Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo comprised 135, 123, and 138 members, respectively.
The governors of Kogi that were a part of the campaign council were Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Mohammed Bago, and Uba Sani.
Members of the Bayelsa campaign council were appointed by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) George Akume, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Betta Edu.
Rochas Okorocha, a former senator, Benjamin Kalu, the deputy speaker of the house of representatives, and Francis Nwifuru, the governor of Ebonyi, were also intended to serve as members of the state’s campaign committee for Imo.
However, the ruling party said it had not yet established campaign councils for the elections a few hours after the list was made public.
“The attention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been drawn to National Campaign Council Lists for the 11th November, 2023 Governorship Elections in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo States in circulation in sections of the media,” Felix Morka, the party’s spokesperson, said in a statement on Tuesday night.
The lists should not be taken seriously because they are not Party official papers.
Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), was included as a member of the Bayelsa campaign council before the APC withdrew the lists.
His name was removed from a new list, and eventually the party withdrew everything.
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