Kebbi gov’ship primary: Ibrahim Mera not cleared to contest – APC

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed the media report suggesting that Ibrahim Mohammed Mera has been cleared to contest the All Progressives Congress (APC) Kebbi State governorship primaries scheduled for Sunday, September 30, 2018.

The APC, in a statement through its acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yekini Nabena, described the report as false.

“Our attention has been drawn to media reports that Ibrahim Mohammed Mera has been cleared to contest the All Progressives Congress (APC) Kebbi State Governorship primaries scheduled for Sunday, September 30, 2018.

“The report is false as the Party’s National Working Committee (NWC) did not clear Ibrahim Mohammed Mera.

“The only aspirant cleared by the Party’s screening committee and ratified by the NWC for the primaries is the incumbent Kebbi State Governor, H.E. Alh. Atiku Bagudu,” Nabena said in the statement.

Meanwhile, the APC National Working Committee (NWC) has rescheduled the Governorship Primary Election to September 30, 2018 (tomorrow).

The APC acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yekini Nabena, said subsequent elections were unchanged.

Nabena said Senate Primary Elections still hold on October 2, 2018; House of Representatives Primary Elections, October 3, 2018; State House of Assembly Primary Elections, October 4, 2018; and National Convention (Presidential), October 6, 2018.