APC clears 8 aspirants cleared for Kwara Governorship primaries

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has cleared eight aspirants to contest the coming governorship primary election in Kwara State.

Acting National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Mr. Yekini Nabena, made this known in a statement he issued in Abuja on Saturday.

This was as two aspirants, Abdulfatai Yahaya and Mohammed Dele Belgore, had voluntarily withdrawn from the race.

The statement said: “The following aspirants have been cleared by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the recommendation of the governorship screening panel to contest the governorship primaries in Kwara State,” and gave the list of the cleared aspirants is as follows:

1. Yakubu Gobir
2. Hakeem Lawal
3. Ishaq Modibbo Kawu
4. Lukman Mustapha
5. Prof. Oba Abdul Raheem
6. Alhaji Tajudeen
7. Abdullahi Shuaibu Yaman
8. Abdulraheem Abdul Razak