2027: Anxiety as horse-trading stalls APC candidates’ list

From Fred Itua, Abuja
A thick blanket of political anxiety has settled over the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as a protracted deadlock continues to stall the official release of the party’s final list of candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections.
While the presidential primary that ratified the candidacy of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term has long been settled, the party’s national hierarchy is yet to publish the authenticated list of standard-bearers across the 109 senatorial districts, 360 federal constituencies, the various state Houses of Assembly, and the contested governorship seats.
The APC national chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, who has come...