Aminu Tambuwal, Sokoto governor,
is reportedly not on the list of the Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) for the 2019 governorship election.
According to Daily Trust, the
governor’s name is missing from the names of candidates for elections in
Sokoto.
Manir Dan’iya was reportedly
listed as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Tambuwal had contested the PDP
presidential primary alongside former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Senate
President Bukola Saraki, among others.
The governor, who recently dumped
the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the PDP, came third in the exercise
behind Saraki and eventual winner Atiku.
In a related development, the
governorship candidates of the APC in Imo and Zamfara were on Saturday not
reflected in the list of parties for the 2019 governorship election.
However, the INEC later published
the name of senator Hope Uzodinma as the candidate of the APC in Imo.
Channels reports that the
electoral body made the disclosure following a court order obtained by the APC
candidate from a high court of the federal capital territory (FCT) in Abuja.
Some aspirants had earlier
obtained a court order from the federal high court sitting in Owerri,
restraining INEC from publishing the name of the party’s candidate.
But Hope had approached the FCT
court for an order to override the ruling.
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