APC suspends Kwara governorship primary mid-way, postpones exercise

The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) abruptly suspended the Kwara State governorship primary election on Thursday and postponed it until Friday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the APC chairman in Kwara State, Sunday Fagbemi, confirmed the postponement mid-way into the exercise on Thursday in Ilorin, the state capital.

Mr Fagbemi said the party’s national leadership directed that the exercise be shifted, though no reason was given for the postponement.

“We do not have details for the cancellation other than the fact that the team from the national office came and instructed that the election should be held tomorrow,” he said.

Meanwhile, eight governorship aspirants on Thursday reportedly withdrew from the contest for the governorship ticket for Abdulfatai Yahaya Seriki, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s preferred successor.