The All Progressives Congress, APC, National Working Committee, NWC, has dropped former Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, and five other senatorial hopefuls from the party’s final list of candidates submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that former House of Representatives member Gbenga Elegbeleye was also removed from the list, alongside several others.
The revised list sent to INEC also excludes 19 House of Representatives contestants who had emerged victorious during the APC primary elections conducted in May 2026.
According to the document submitted to INEC, the affected states include Abia, Kogi, Taraba, Benue, Ebonyi, Ondo, Kaduna, Niger, and Kwara.
In a letter addressed to INEC and jointly signed by APC National Chairman Nentawe Yilwatda and National Secretary Ajibola Basiru, the party said the changes were made following the recommendations of its Primary Election Appeal Committee.
The letter is titled, ‘Forwarding of approved list of senatorial and House of Representatives candidates’.
The letter read: “We write to formally forward the attached list of the party’s candidates for the affected senatorial and House of Representatives constituencies arising from the report of the Primary Election Appeal Committee.
“Following the determination of appeals from the recently concluded primary elections, the reports of the Appeal Committee were reviewed and subsequently considered and approved by the party’s NWC as its final position on the affected constituencies.
“In accordance with the amended Electoral Act 2022 and INEC’s regulations and guidelines, we hereby transmit the enclosed list of the
