Ogun State Governor Amosun
Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Nuhu Ribadu, Senator Magnus Abe, and Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Usani Uguru Usani lost out in the nomination process for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The Appeals Committee rejected their appeals and upheld results of the primaries in their various states of Adamawa, Rivers and Cross River.
Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, also lost out in the race to upturn Dapo Abiodun’s nomination for Adekunle Akinlade as his choice candidate as the party’s flag-bearer.
First Lady, Aisha Buhari’s brother, Mahmud Halilu, lost to Governor Jibrilla Bindow in Adamawa.
•Excerpted from Daily Sun report
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