***Suswam was sacrificed to please Akume —Sources

***Party moves to resolve tickets crises

By Clifford Ndujihe and Omeiza Ajayi

APART from the report of the Primary Election Appeal Committee, Vanguard gathered, yesterday, ‘concrete’ reasons the National Working Committee, NWC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, dropped former Benue State governor, Senator Gabriel Suswam; former Ondo State House of Representatives member, Gbenga Elegbeleye and 23 other National Assembly candidates.

Five senatorial candidates and 19 House of Representatives candidates, who had emerged victorious in the party’s primary elections held in May were also dropped and replaced in the final lists. The states affected include Kogi, Abia, Benue, Taraba, Ondo, Niger, Kwara, Kaduna and Ebonyi.