Bowing to Court Orders, INEC Releases Updated List of Gov’ship, N’Assembly Candidates *APC, PDP, LP, NNPP, SDP make list Chuks Okocha in Abuja Following court orders and the deaths of some candidates for the forthcoming general electi
Following court orders and the deaths of some candidates for the forthcoming general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission has released an updated list of the governorship, senatorial and House of Representatives candidates of the various political parties that will participate in the elections.
Also in Benue North-East senatorial zone, Samuel Shangev de Adzango is the candidate, following a replacement by court order. For Delta North’s senatorial zone, the Labour Party has Kennedy Onochie Kamma as its senatorial candidate based on a court order. NNPP also has Johnson Chukwudi Edeh and Onyeko Alphonsus Onyeke as its senatorial candidates for Enugu East and Enugu North senatorial zones, respectively, as a result of court orders.The updated list also showed that the PDP has Ibrahim Usman as its senatorial candidate for Kaduna Central due to a court order.
In Ogun East, the Social Democratic Party has Andrew Sokoya as its senatorial candidate, while the NNPP has Aina John Kayode for Ogun West, also due to the orders of the courts. Also in Taraba Central, Bobboi Kaigama of the NNPP is the senatorial candidate, while in Yobe East, Mohammed Baba Dapchi also of the NNPP is the senatorial candidate also due to court orders.
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