AAC, APGA, others to field candidates only in some states, APC, PDP maintain dominance

The APC and PDP are still maintaining their dominance on the political scene as they produced candidates in almost all the...

At least nine of the 18 recognised political parties are ‘poorly’ represented on the final list of candidates nominated by parties for the 2023 governorship and state assemblies elections.

Also, apart from Akwa Ibom State where the candidacy of Akanimo Udofia for the APC Akwa-Ibom was rejected due to the internal crisis rocking the state chapter, the APC is presenting candidates for all the governorship seats in states where elections are holding.The lists indicate that nine of the parties are not fielding candidates for some of the elections despite the growing popularity of their presidential candidates.

In the same vein, NNPP has no governorship candidates in Borno, Cross River, Kebbi, and Zamfara states. Accord has no governorship candidates in 13 states while APGA and ZLP have none in nine states. On its part, BP is not fielding candidates in 16 states.

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