The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given an indication that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State has no flag bearer in the 2023 gubernatorial elections.
INEC made this announcement through a release of the governorship candidate’s list published by the commission and posted on its notice board at its office along Udo Udoma Avenue in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital on Wednesday.
The list signed by INEC’s Secretary, Rose Oriaran Anthony, indicates that Umo Eno of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Bassey Albert Akpan of Young Democratic Party and Senator James John Udoedehe of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) have been cleared to contest.
Others include Ekpo Ita Bassey of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Ezekiel Nya Etok of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Iboro Otu Robert of the AAC,
In all, 36 governorship candidates drawn from 36 political parties are contesting the governorship election according to the list published by the commission.
Although the commission did not provide details on why the APC did not have a candidate for the governorship poll in Akwa Ibom state, checks however revealed that the party has been embroiled in an intra-party crisis which resulted in the governorship primaries held early this year to be conducted in two locations. (Daily Independent)
