May 26, 2026
APC National chair, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has clarified that Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, was neither disqualified nor forced out of its governorship primary race, insisting that he voluntarily withdrew after scaling the party’s screening process.
APC National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, stated this on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today.
Yilwatda said Fubara duly purchased the party’s nomination forms, appeared before the screening committee and was cleared to contest before later deciding to step down ahead of the primaries, adding that the governor’s withdrawal was entirely a personal decision.
