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Substitution of candidates: Unease in APC, PDP as INEC closes window
There is unease in the parties as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) closes window of substitution of candidates for the 2019 governorship and state Assembly elections.
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has described the primaries as some of the “most acrimonious” in the nation’s recent history, resulting in the commission being joined in 396 pending cases across the country.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has officially confirmed the true status of some of its “controversial candidates” in respect of governorship positions.
According to INEC timetable, yesterday was the last day for withdrawal, as well as, replacement of withdrawn candidates by parties.
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, confirmed to The Guardian, yesterday that Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State, who contested against Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in the October 7, 2018 presidential primary in Port Harcourt, Rivers State is the party’s confirmed governorship candidate for Sokoto.
The Guardian, December 2, 2018
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