The ruling All progressives Congress, APC has released the approved mode of primaries toward the 2019 gubernatorial elections in Nigeria.
A statement by the party’s acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yekini Nabena listed Lagos, Kano and Imo among states to conduct direct primaries.
Indirect primaries have also been approved for some states.
Read the full text of the APC statement below:
GOVERNORSHIP: APPROVED APC MODE OF PRIMARIES
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved the mode of primaries for Saturday, September 29th, 2018 governorship primary elections scheduled to hold across the thirty-six states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
| S/No. | STATE | RESOLUTION ON MODE OF PRIMARIES TO BE ADOPTED |
| 1. | ABIA | DIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 2. | ADAMAWA | INDIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 3. | AKWA IBOM | DIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 4. | ANAMBRA | DIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 5. | BAUCHI | DIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 6. | BAYELSA | DIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 7. | BENUE | INDIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 8. | BORNO | INDIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 9. | CROSSRIVER | DIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 10. | DELTA | INDIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 11. | EBONYI | INDIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 12. | ENUGU | INDIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 13. | EDO | DIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 14. | EKITI | DIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 15. | GOMBE | INDIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 16. | IMO | DIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 17. | JIGAWA | INDIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 18. | KADUNA | INDIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 19. | KANO | DIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 20. | KASTINA | INDIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 21. | KEBBI | INDIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 22. | KOGI | INDIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 23. | KWARA | INDIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 24. | LAGOS | DIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 25. | NASARAWA | INDIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 26. | NIGER | DIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 27. | OGUN | DIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 28. | ONDO | DIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 29. | OSUN | DIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 30. | OYO | INDIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 31. | PLATEAU | INDIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 32. | RIVERS | INDIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 33. | SOKOTO | INDIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 34. | TARABA | DIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 35. | YOBE | INDIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 36. | ZAMFARA | DIRECT PRIMARIES |
| 37. | FCT | DIRECT PRIMARIES |
NOTE: The National Working Committee (NWC) has banned the Adamawa State Working Committee from participating either as delegates or superintendents over the governorship primaries holding in the State. This is due to the fact that the Adamawa State Working Committee was prejudiced in favour of a governorship aspirant.
SIGNED:
Mr. Yekini Nabena
Ag. National Publicity Secretary
