APC drops six senatorial, 19 Reps candidates in final list to INEC

The All Progressives Congress, APC, National Working Committee, NWC, has dropped former Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, and five other senatorial hopefuls from the party’s final list of candidates submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that former House of Representatives member Gbenga Elegbeleye was also removed from the list, alongside several others.
The revised list sent to INEC also excludes 19 House of Representatives contestants who had emerged victorious during the APC primary elections conducted in May 2026.
According to the document submitted to INEC, the affected states include Abia, Kogi, Taraba, B...